CVE-2019-17598 Play Framework Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability

What is CVE-2019-17598?

CVE-2019-17598 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Lightbend Play Framework 2.5.x through 2.6.23. When configured to make requests using an authenticated HTTP proxy, play-ws may sometimes, typically under high load, when connecting to a target host using https, expose the proxy credentials to the target host.

Weakness: CWE-326

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17598?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.typesafe.play:play-ws_2.12. It affects 1 product.

Products include Lightbend Play Framework.

How do I fix CVE-2019-17598?

Upgrade com.typesafe.play:play-ws_2.12 to 2.6.24 or later.

Is CVE-2019-17598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2014-3630 XML external entity in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-31018 Denial of service binding form from JSON in Play Framework High 7.5
• CVE-2020-26882 Data Amplification in Play Framework High 7.5
• CVE-2020-26883 Uncontrolled Recursion in Play Framework High 7.5
• CVE-2020-27196 Out-of-bounds Write in Play Framework High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-442g-gcg6-mhm4.