# CVE-2017-2589: Insecure cookie sharing in Hawtio

> Shared cookie store in hawtio proxy allows attackers to hijack sessions of other users by accessing shared authentication cookies.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Jul 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m4j5-hgqq-5jf2

## What is CVE-2017-2589?

CVE-2017-2589 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat hawtio, published on 26 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

It was discovered that the hawtio servlet 1.4 uses a single HttpClient instance to proxy requests with a persistent cookie store (cookies are stored locally and are not passed between the client and the end URL) which means all clients using that proxy are sharing the same cookies.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2589?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including io.hawt:project. It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `io.hawt:project` | Maven | All versions | 1.5.0 |
| `io.hawt:project` | Maven | All versions | 1.5.0 |

Products: Hawt Hawtio, Redhat Jboss Fuse.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-2589?

Upgrade io.hawt:project to 1.5.0 or later.

## Is CVE-2017-2589 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2589 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat hawtio

- [CVE-2019-9827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9827/): Server-Side Request Forgery in Hawt Hawtio (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-0121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0121/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-0120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0120/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-7556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7556/): Cross-Site Request Forgery in hawtio (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-2617](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2617/): File upload in hawtio (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-2589 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-2589 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat hawtio, published on 26 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2589 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- io.hawt:project (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 1.5.0
- io.hawt:project (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 1.5.0

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2589/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2589/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2589
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2589
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2589

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2589/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.