High severity · published Apr 12, 2020
CVE-2020-11724
An issue was discovered in OpenResty before 1.15.8.4
7.5
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenResty before 1.15.8.4. ngx_http_lua_subrequest.c allows HTTP request smuggling, as demonstrated by the ngx.location.capture API.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openresty · Openresty
before 1.15.8.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11724
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11724
Patch
https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module/commit/9ab38e8ee35fc08a57636b1b6190dca70b0076fa
Patch
https://github.com/openresty/openresty/blob/4e8b4c395f842a078e429c80dd063b2323999957/patches/ngx_http_lua-0.10.15-fix_location_capture_content_length_chunked.patch
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00014.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0002/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4750
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