CVE-2019-17598

An issue was discovered in Lightbend Play Framework 2.5.x through 2.6.23. When configured to make requests using an authenticated HTTP proxy, play-ws may sometimes, typically under high load, when connecting to a target host using https, expose the proxy credentials to the target host.

Published: Nov 5, 2019
Updated: May 9, 2024
CVE: CVE-2019-17598
GHSA: GHSA-442g-gcg6-mhm4
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: High
Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-326

OWASP TOP 10:

A3 - Sensitive Data Exposure

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
lightbend / play_framework	2.5.0	2.5.19.x
lightbend / play_framework	2.6.0	2.6.23.x
com.typesafe.play / play-ws_2.12	2.5.0	2.6.24

https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17598-PlayWSHttpConnectAuthorizationHeaders

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2019-17598

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