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CVE-2019-17598

Published: Nov 5, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-326
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 50.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-326

Affected Products

lightbend
commercialaka play framework, akka http, spray-json
play frameworkLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Maven
package-ecosystem
com.typesafe.play:play-ws_2.12
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Credential Access
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References

https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability
playframework.com
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17598-PlayWSHttpConnectAuthorizationHeaders
playframework.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17598
nvd.nist.gov

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