QID 980488

QID 980488: Java (maven) Security Update for org.java-websocket:Java-WebSocket (GHSA-gw55-jm4h-x339)

The Java-WebSocket Client does not perform hostname verification.

- This means that SSL certificates of other hosts are accepted as long as they are trusted. To exploit this vulnerability an attacker has to perform a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack between a Java application using the Java-WebSocket Client and an WebSocket server it's connecting to.
- TLS normally protects users and systems against MITM attacks, it cannot if certificates from other trusted hosts are accepted by the client.

For more information see: CWE-297: Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch - https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/297.html

## Important note

The OWASP Dependency-Check (https://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/index.html) may report that a dependency of your project is affected by this security vulnerability, but you don't use this lib.
This is caused by the fuzzy search in the OWASP implementation.
Check out this issue (https://github.com/TooTallNate/Java-WebSocket/issues/1019#issuecomment-628507934) for more information and a way to suppress the warning.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the targeted user.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.1 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to refer to GHSA-gw55-jm4h-x339 for updates pertaining to this vulnerability.

Vendor References

GHSA-gw55-jm4h-x339 - github.com/advisories/GHSA-gw55-jm4h-x339

CVEs related to QID 980488

CVE-2020-11050 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
GHSA-gw55-jm4h-x339	org.java-websocket:Java-WebSocket		github.com/advisories/GHSA-gw55-jm4h-x339

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