Medium
Security advisory
The Last.fm desktop app (Last.fm Scrobbler) through 2.1.39 on macOS makes HTTP requests that include an API key without the use of SSL/TLS. Although there is an Enable SSL option, it is disabled by default, and cleartext requests are made as soon as the app starts.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2019-19251
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:08 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Last.fm desktop app (Last.fm Scrobbler) through 2.1.39 on macOS makes HTTP requests that include an API key without the use of SSL/TLS. Although there is an Enable SSL option, it is disabled by default, and cleartext requests are made as soon as the app starts.
osv:CVE-2019-19251
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:49.071785154Z",
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"references": [
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