CVE-2020-17514

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Fineract	>= Apache Fineract, < 1.5.0

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1211Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc011b25289c8a6e14f8bc6d07e727382a1df3c8cf2aa5369598bbf64%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1211Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc011b25289c8a6e14f8bc6d07e727382a1df3c8cf2aa5369598bbf64%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E

Timeline

Published: May 27, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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