Vulnerability in generator-jhipster-kotlin (CVE-2020-4072)
Summary
Vulnerability in generator-jhipster-kotlin (CVE-2020-4072). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.7.0 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In generator-jhipster-kotlin version 1.6.0 log entries are created for invalid password reset attempts. As the email is provided by a user and the api is public this can be used by an attacker to forge log entries. This is vulnerable to https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/117.html This problem affects only application generated with jwt or session authentication. Applications using oauth are not vulnerable. This issue has been fixed in version 1.7.0.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-4072 has been found in generator-jhipster-kotlin.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade generator-jhipster-kotlin to 1.7.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "generator-jhipster-kotlin CVE-2020-4072" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2020-4072 (generator-jhipster-kotlin) — CWE-117
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 1.7.0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-117) exists in generator-jhipster-kotlin.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of generator-jhipster-kotlin.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 1.7.0.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'generator-jhipster-kotlin' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'generator-jhipster-kotlin' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
generator-jhipster-kotlinを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade generator-jhipster-kotlin to 1.7.0ステージング環境で 1.7.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- patch github.com
- web owasp.org
- web baeldung.com