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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-15052 json

The HTTP client in Gradle before 5.6 sends authentication credentials originally destined for the configured host.

published 2019-08-14 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-6138

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The HTTP client in Gradle before 5.6 sends authentication credentials originally destined for the configured host. If that host returns a 30x redirect, Gradle also sends those credentials to all subsequent hosts that the request redirects to. This is similar to CVE-2018-1000007.

Patch / fix

  • gradle gradle 5.6
  • gradle-bootstrap openSUSE Leap 15.5 4.4.1-150200.3.9.1
  • gradle SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +10 more 4.4.1-150200.3.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1119-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-15052 updated cvss 9.8

gradle: sends authentication credentials originally destined for the configured host

  • Red Hat Fuse 7 gradle gradle Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 gradle gradle
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/gradle/gradle/security/advisories/GHSA-4cwg-f7qc-6r95 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/10278 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

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