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Echo: org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient: security update to 4.5.13

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 474355

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)

Solution

Update the org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient library and its related packages to version 4.5.13 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2020-13956

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 474355

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/12/2026

Updated: 10/12/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 50.55

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: 10/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13956