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httpcomponents-client — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13956

Apache HttpClient versions prior to version 4.5.13 and 5.0.3 can misinterpret malformed authority component in request URIs passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for request execution.

Products
httpcomponents-client
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.5.13-1
CVEs
CVE-2020-13956
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13956

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Dec 2020, 17:15 UTC

Apache HttpClient versions prior to version 4.5.13 and 5.0.3 can misinterpret malformed authority component in request URIs passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for request execution.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13956

httpcomponents-client

Fixed versions: 4.5.13-1

httpcomponents-client

Fixed versions: 4.5.13-1

httpcomponents-client

Fixed versions: 4.5.13-1

Complete source record
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