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Apache NiFi host header poisoning issue

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.nifi:nifi (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 1.0.0, < 1.5.0

Patched versions

1.5.0

Description

A malicious host header in an incoming HTTP request could cause NiFi to load resources from an external server. The fix to sanitize host headers and compare to a controlled whitelist was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.5.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 23, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Nov 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-12632

GHSA ID

GHSA-w4x6-j349-9r57

Source code

No known source code
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