CVE-2017-12196
undertow before versions 1.4.18.SP1, 2.0.2.Final, 1.4.24.Final was found vulnerable when using Digest authentication, the server does not…
- 4.8MediumCVSS base score
- 2.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 19% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
undertow before versions 1.4.18.SP1, 2.0.2.Final, 1.4.24.Final was found vulnerable when using Digest authentication, the server does not ensure that the value of URI in the Authorization header matches the URI in HTTP request line. This allows the attacker to cause a MITM attack and access the desired content on the server.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.
Affected products
- affected undertow 1.4.18.SP1
- affected undertow 2.0.2.Final
- affected undertow 1.4.24.Final
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenio.undertow:undertow-coreGHSA-cp7v-vmv7-6x2q (opens in a new tab)
References
9
- RHSA-2018:0479 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2405 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1525 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12196 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0480 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://issues.jboss.org/browse/UNDERTOW-1190 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3768 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-3602 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-cp7v-vmv7-6x2q (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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