What is CVE-2019-7617?

CVE-2019-7617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Apm Agent, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-7617?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Elastic Apm Agent

CVE-2019-7617

When the Elastic APM agent for Python versions before 5.1.0 is run as a CGI script, there is a variable name clash flaw if a remote attacker can control the proxy header. This could result in an attacker redirecting collected APM data to a proxy of their choosing.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.015 (71.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic Apm_agent
Elastic Apm Agent For Python — versions before 5.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
security@elastic.co (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7617?: CVE-2019-7617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Apm Agent, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-7617?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.