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Medium severity5.3OSV Advisory· Published Dec 2, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-13956

CVE-2020-13956

Description

Apache HttpClient versions prior to version 4.5.13 and 5.0.3 can misinterpret malformed authority component in request URIs passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for request execution.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclientMaven
< 4.5.134.5.13
org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclientMaven
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.35.0.3

Affected products

231

Patches

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