CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-5867

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Apr 23, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

In versions prior to 3.3.0, the NGINX Controller Agent installer script install.sh uses HTTP instead of HTTPS to check and install packages

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Nginx_controller F5 2.0.0 (including) 2.9.0 (including)
Nginx_controller F5 3.0.0 (including) 3.3.0 (excluding)
Nginx_controller F5 1.0.1 (including) 1.0.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References