Auth bypass in Hawt Hawtio
CVE-2017-2589
It was discovered that the hawtio servlet 1.4 uses a single HttpClient instance to proxy requests with a persistent cookie store (cookies are stored locally and are not passed between the client and the end URL) which means all clients using that proxy are sharing the same cookies.
EPSS: 0.009 (58.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Hawt Hawtio — versions 1.4.0
- Red Hat Hawtio — versions 1.4
- Redhat Jboss_fuse — versions 6.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-2589?
- CVE-2017-2589 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hawt Hawtio, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2018-07-26.
- How severe is CVE-2017-2589?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.