CVE-2020-5404

MEDIUM

Pivotal Reactor Netty < 0.8.15 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Title source: rule

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)

[Vendor Advisory] https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5404

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0023

EPSS Percentile 45.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-522

Status published

Affected Products (2)

pivotal/reactor_netty < 0.8.15

io.projectreactor.netty/reactor-netty-http < 0.9.5Maven

Timeline

Published Mar 03, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026