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Hostname verification in Apache HttpClient 4.3 was disabled by default

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 5, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 4.3, < 4.3.1

Patched versions

4.3.1

Description

http/impl/client/HttpClientBuilder.java in Apache HttpClient 4.3.x before 4.3.1 does not ensure that X509HostnameVerifier is not null, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving hostname verification.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 30, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jun 9, 2022
Last updated Mar 5, 2024

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2013-4366

GHSA ID

GHSA-pqwh-44jj-p5rm

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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