Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux

CVE-2020-10687

A flaw was discovered in all versions of Undertow before Undertow 2.2.0.Final, where HTTP request smuggling related to CVE-2017-2666 is possible against HTTP/1.x and HTTP/2 due to permitting invalid characters in an HTTP request. This flaw allows an attacker to poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack, or obtain sensitive information from request other than their own.

Vulnerability class: HTTP Request Smuggling

EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10687?
CVE-2020-10687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, classified under Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests (HTTP Request/Response Smuggling). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2020-10687?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-10687 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.