CVE-2019-17598
Play Framework Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.15%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-17598
To remediate CVE-2019-17598, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.6.24 or later
Is CVE-2019-17598 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.5.0, < 2.6.24
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |