Medium
Security advisory
The HttpClient from Reactor Netty, versions 0.9.x prior to 0.9.5, and versions 0.8.x prior to 0.8.16, may be used incorrectly, leading to a credentials leak during a redirect to a different domain. In order for this to happen, the HttpClient must have been explicitly configured to follow redirects.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-5404
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:47 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The HttpClient from Reactor Netty, versions 0.9.x prior to 0.9.5, and versions 0.8.x prior to 0.8.16, may be used incorrectly, leading to a credentials leak during a redirect to a different domain. In order for this to happen, the HttpClient must have been explicitly configured to follow redirects.
osv:CVE-2020-5404
Complete source record
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"method": "structured",
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"summary": "The HttpClient from Reactor Netty, versions 0.9.x prior to 0.9.5, and versions 0.8.x prior to 0.8.16, may be used incorrectly, leading to a credentials leak during a redirect to a different domain. In order for this to happen, the HttpClient must have been explicitly configured to follow redirects.",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:21.963846642Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5404"
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 430593,
"published_at": "2020-03-03T18:15:12.157+00:00"
}