FKIE_CVE-2020-17514

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-05-27 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:59
Severity
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Apache Fineract prior to 1.5.0 disables HTTPS hostname verification in ProcessorHelper in the configureClient method. Under typical deployments, a man in the middle attack could be successful.
References
security@apache.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1211Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc011b25289c8a6e14f8bc6d07e727382a1df3c8cf2aa5369598bbf64%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1211Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc011b25289c8a6e14f8bc6d07e727382a1df3c8cf2aa5369598bbf64%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache fineract *
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          "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
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  "id": "CVE-2020-17514",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:59:03.167",
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