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CVE-2020-13956

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CVE-2020-13956

Published: Dec 2, 2020

Modified: Dec 1, 2025

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

Apache HttpClient

affected
4.5.12 and prior, 5.0.2 and prior

References

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