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.

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-2589: held from 0.009 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.