CVE-2020-5404

MEDIUM

Reactor Netty 0.8.0-0.8.15 and 0.9.0-0.9.4 - Credentials Leak via Redirect Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The HttpClient from Reactor Netty, versions 0.9.x prior to 0.9.5, and versions 0.8.x prior to 0.8.16, may be used incorrectly, leading to a credentials leak during a redirect to a different domain. In order for this to happen, the HttpClient must have been explicitly configured to follow redirects.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5404

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0065
EPSS Percentile 46.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-522
Status published
Products (2)
io.projectreactor.netty/reactor-netty-http 0.9.0 - 0.9.5Maven
pivotal/reactor_netty 0.8.0 - 0.8.15
Published Mar 03, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026