CVE-2020-13955

HttpUtils#getURLConnection method disables explicitly hostname verification for HTTPS connections making clients vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks

published October 9, 2020

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
82.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

HttpUtils#getURLConnection method disables explicitly hostname verification for HTTPS connections making clients vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. Calcite uses internally this method to connect with Druid and Splunk so information leakage may happen when using the respective Calcite adapters. The method itself is in a utility class so people may use it to create vulnerable HTTPS connections for other applications. From Apache Calcite 1.26 onwards, the hostname verification will be performed using the default JVM truststore.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02149 · 82.0th percentile
Published
2020-10-09T12:33Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 OCT 12:33Z
    HttpUtils#getURLConnection method disables explicitly hostname verification for HTTPS connections making clients vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks
    cvelistv5