CVE-2017-12632

HIGH

Apache NiFi < 1.5.0 - Server-Side Request Forgery via Host Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A malicious host header in an incoming HTTP request could cause NiFi to load resources from an external server. The fix to sanitize host headers and compare to a controlled whitelist was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.5.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-12632

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0053
EPSS Percentile 67.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
apache/nifi < 1.4.0
org.apache.nifi/nifi 1.0.0 - 1.5.0Maven
Published Jan 23, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026