What is CVE-2019-17598?

CVE-2019-17598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lightbend Play Framework, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-05.

How severe is CVE-2019-17598?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Lightbend Play Framework

CVE-2019-17598

An issue was discovered in Lightbend Play Framework 2.5.x through 2.6.23. When configured to make requests using an authenticated HTTP proxy, play-ws may sometimes, typically under high load, when connecting to a target host using https, expose the proxy credentials to the target host.

EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Lightbend Play_framework
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17598?: CVE-2019-17598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lightbend Play Framework, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2019-17598?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.