CVE-2011-1498
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-07-07 21:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-03-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9728e50975d860cc11aa244e1b2d1f55ccaee519a44ac15357534a3f99bb2a7e
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info[httpclient-users] 20110224 Proxy-Authorization header received on server sidehttp://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129853896315461&w=2
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110408 Re: Apache HttpClient CVE request [VU#153049]http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/08/1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709531
- marc.info[httpclient-users] 20110224 Re: Proxy-Authorization header received on server sidehttp://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129856318011586&w=2
- marc.info[httpclient-users] 20110224 RE: Proxy-Authorization header received on server sidehttp://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129857589129183&w=2
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110407 Apache HttpClient CVE request [VU#153049]http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/07/7
- issues.apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1061
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#153049http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/153049
- www.securityfocus.com46974http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46974
- marc.info[httpclient-users] 20110224 Re: Proxy-Authorization header received on server sidehttp://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129858274406594&w=2
- securityreason.com8298http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8298
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-7747http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061440.html
- marc.info[httpclient-users] 20110224 RE: Proxy-Authorization header received on server sidehttp://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129858299106950&w=2
- www.apache.orghttp://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpclient/RELEASE_NOTES-4.1.x.txt
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- httpcomponents-client Fixed in 4.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- httpcomponents-client Fixed in 4.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- httpcomponents-client Fixed in 4.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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