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high 7.5

CVE-2019-17555 json

Improper input validation in Apache Olingo

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-477x-w7m6-c6ph , EUVD-2020-0289

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The AsyncResponseWrapperImpl class in Apache Olingo versions 4.0.0 to 4.6.0 reads the Retry-After header and passes it to the Thread.sleep() method without any check. If a malicious server returns a huge value in the header, then it can help to implement a DoS attack.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.olingo:odata-client-core 4.7.0

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Exploit prediction

2.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.olingo:odata-client-core
>=4.0.0, <4.7.0
4.7.0

Affected products

  • Apache Olingo

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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