What is CVE-2020-5404?

CVE-2020-5404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Reactor Netty, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2020-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2020-5404?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pivotal Reactor Netty

CVE-2020-5404

The HttpClient from Reactor Netty, versions 0.9.x prior to 0.9.5, and versions 0.8.x prior to 0.8.16, may be used incorrectly, leading to a credentials leak during a redirect to a different domain. In order for this to happen, the HttpClie…

EPSS: 0.007 (47.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Pivotal Reactor Netty — versions 0.8, 0.9
Pivotal Reactor_netty

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

security@pivotal.io (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5404?: CVE-2020-5404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Reactor Netty, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2020-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2020-5404?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.