CVE-2017-9801
Improper Input Validation in Apache Commons Email
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
Description
When a call-site passes a subject for an email that contains line-breaks in Apache Commons Email 1.0 through 1.4, the caller can add arbitrary SMTP headers.
How to fix CVE-2017-9801
To remediate CVE-2017-9801, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.apache.commons:commons-email—upgrade to 1.5 or later
Is CVE-2017-9801 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 1.0, < 1.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |