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SCA: security update for org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient (GHSA-7r82-7xv7-xcpj)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412233

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2020-13956)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7r82-7xv7-xcpj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412233

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13956

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13956

cwe: CWE-79