CVE-2020-13956

MEDIUM5.3EPSS 0.51%

httpcomponents-client - security update

Published: 6/3/2021Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

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.

Affected packages (4)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References (66)