Vulnerability CVE-2020-12440
Published: 2020-05-14

Description:
** DISPUTED ** NGINX through 1.18.0 allows an HTTP request smuggling attack that can lead to cache poisoning, credential hijacking, or security bypass. NOTE: many third parties dispute the validity of this finding because it represents normal "Connection: keep-alive" behavior.

Type:

CWE-444

 (Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10
4.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
Nginx -> Nginx 

 References:
https://gist.github.com/Glassware123/1023720bf4787375a04f32a0c12e956a
https://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html
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