CVE-2020-13956
Apache HttpClient versions prior to version 4.5.13 and 5.0.3 can misinterpret malformed authority component in request URIs passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for request execution.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - EPSS
- 9.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apache:httpclient
- netapp:active_iq_unified_manager
- netapp:snapcenter
- oracle:commerce_guided_search
- oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_service_communication_proxy
- oracle:data_integrator
- oracle:jd_edwards_enterpriseone_orchestrator
- oracle:jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools
- oracle:nosql_database
- oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools
- oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_pt_peopletools
- oracle:primavera_unifier
- oracle:retail_customer_management_and_segmentation_foundation
- oracle:spatial_studio
- oracle:sql_developer
- oracle:weblogic_server
- quarkus:quarkus
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-7r82-7xv7-xcpj | Maven | org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient | <4.5.13 | 4.5.13 |
| GHSA-7r82-7xv7-xcpj | Maven | org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient | >=5.0.0 <5.0.3 | 5.0.3 |
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03bbc318c81be21f5c8a9b85e34f2ecc741aa804a8e43b0ef2c37749%40%3Cissues.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r043a75acdeb52b15dd5e9524cdadef4202e6a5228644206acf9363f9%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r06cf3ca5c8ceb94b39cd24a73d4e96153b485a7dac88444dd876accb%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0a75b8f0f72f3e18442dc56d33f3827b905f2fe5b7ba48997436f5d1%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0bebe6f9808ac7bdf572873b4fa96a29c6398c90dab29f131f3ebffe%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E