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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-12421

When using an authentication mechanism other than PKI, when the user clicks Log Out in NiFi versions 1.0.0 to 1.9.2, NiFi invalidates the authentication token on the client side but not on the server side. This permits the user's client-side token to be used for up to 12 hours after logging out to make API requests to NiFi.

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CVE-2019-12421
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1 Nov 2026, 07:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-12421

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Nov 2019, 22:15 UTC

When using an authentication mechanism other than PKI, when the user clicks Log Out in NiFi versions 1.0.0 to 1.9.2, NiFi invalidates the authentication token on the client side but not on the server side. This permits the user's client-side token to be used for up to 12 hours after logging out to make API requests to NiFi.

osv:CVE-2019-12421
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12421",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "When using an authentication mechanism other than PKI, when the user clicks Log Out in NiFi versions 1.0.0 to 1.9.2, NiFi invalidates the authentication token on the client side but not on the server side. This permits the user's client-side token to be used for up to 12 hours after logging out to make API requests to NiFi.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-12421",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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      ],
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:49.675023660Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437051,
  "published_at": "2019-11-19T22:15:11.287+00:00"
}