Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres in Grails

published 2019-06-04 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-pmxf-4v8c-rwr7 , EUVD-2022-4800

cvss: 8.1; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

maven org.grails:grails-core 3.3.10
grails grails 3.3.10

Exploit prediction

0.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/grails/grails-core/issues/11250 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.grails:grails-core	<3.3.10	3.3.10

Classification

Weakness

CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check
CWE-669 Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

References

github.com /grails/grails-core/issues/11250
web, exploit, third-party-advisory
objectcomputing.com /news/2019/05/30/possible-grails-mitm-vulnerability
web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12728
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary