Java Projects using HTTP to fetch dependencies

published 2019-04-25 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-13428

cvss: 8.7; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cloud Foundry cf-deployment, versions prior to 7.9.0, contain java components that are using an insecure protocol to fetch dependencies when building. A remote unauthenticated malicious attacker could hijack the DNS entry for the dependency, and inject malicious code into the component.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4

Cloud Foundry CredHub 1.9.10, 2.1.3
Cloud Foundry UAA Release (OSS) v64.0
Cloud Foundry cf-deployment v7.9.0
Pivotal UAA Release (LTS) v60.2, v64.1

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A: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
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Cloud Foundry CredHub
Cloud Foundry UAA Release (OSS)
Cloud Foundry cf-deployment
Pivotal UAA Release (LTS)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check
CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

cloudfoundry.org /blog/cve-2019-3801
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/108104
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-3801
NVD CVE-2019-3801

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Summary