Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache HttpClient
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 17, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Mar 5, 2024
Package
Affected versions
>= 4.0.0, < 4.1.1
Patched versions
4.1.1
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jul 7, 2011
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 17, 2022
Reviewed
Jul 13, 2022
Last updated
Mar 5, 2024
Credits
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MarkLee131 Analyst
Apache HttpClient 4.x before 4.1.1 in Apache HttpComponents, when used with an authenticating proxy server, sends the Proxy-Authorization header to the origin server, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging this header.
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