# CVE-2019-14852: A flaw was found in 3scale’s APIcast gateway that enabled the TLS 1.0 protocol.


- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Mar 2021
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hpq5-x75j-q4f2

## What is CVE-2019-14852?

CVE-2019-14852 is a high-severity vulnerability in apicast, published on 18 Mar 2021. 

### Official description

A flaw was found in 3scale’s APIcast gateway that enabled the TLS 1.0 protocol. An attacker could target traffic using this weaker protocol and break its encryption, gaining access to unauthorized information. Version shipped in Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform is vulnerable to this issue.

Weakness: CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14852?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat 3scale Api Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-14852?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14852 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-14852 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14852 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in apicast

- [CVE-2022-1414](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1414/): Cross-site scripting in 3scale-amp-system (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-10295](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10295/): Auth bypass in Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-20252](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20252/): Denial of service in 3scale/backend (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2020-14388](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14388/): Missing authorization in Red Hat 3scale API Management (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-4910](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4910/): 3scale-admin-portal: logged out users tokens can be accessed (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-14852 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-14852 is a high-severity vulnerability in apicast, published on 18 Mar 2021. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14852 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: apicast. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

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-2019-14852/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14852/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14852
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14852
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14852

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14852/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.