CVE-2019-12728 Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres in Grails

High 8.1 Published Updated

Grails framework used cleartext HTTP for SDKMan notifications, potentially allowing man-in-the-middle attacks to inject malicious code during dependency resolution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-12728?

CVE-2019-12728 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Grails before 3.3.10 used cleartext HTTP to resolve the SDKMan notification service. NOTE: users' apps were not resolving dependencies over cleartext HTTP.

Weakness: CWE-494

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12728?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.grails:grails-core. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.grails:grails-core MavenAll versions3.3.10
org.grails:grails-core MavenAll versions3.3.10

Products include Grails Grails.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12728?

Upgrade org.grails:grails-core to 3.3.10 or later.

Is CVE-2019-12728 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12728 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pmxf-4v8c-rwr7.

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