elastic/apm-agent-python · Security
Elastic APM agent for Python client CGI proxy redirection flaw
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-22jh-6gx8-f944
- CVE ID
- CVE-2019-7617
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.2 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.2 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v4
- 6.9 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Description
When the Elastic APM agent for Python versions before 5.1.0 is run as a CGI script, there is a variable name clash flaw if a remote attacker can control the proxy header. This could result in an attacker redirecting collected APM data to a proxy of their choosing.
CWEs
- CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7617 ↗
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-agent-for-python-5-1-0-security-update/196145 ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/elastic-apm/PYSEC-2019-178.yaml ↗
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-22jh-6gx8-f944 ↗