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TI-2005-04014 Aliases CVE-2005-4270GHSA-9jrp-h5gv-236v

Buffer overflow in Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.609 and 5.0.134 allows remote web servers to…

Priority MEDIUM 41Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Buffer overflow in Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.609 and 5.0.134 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP 401 response with a WWW-Authenticate header containing a long Realm field.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05489 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:watchfire:appscan_qa:5.0.134:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.134VulnerableWatchfire
cpe:2.3:a:watchfire:appscan_qa:5.0.609:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.609VulnerableWatchfire
  • cpe:2.3:a:watchfire:appscan_qa:5.0.134:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.134 Vulnerable ·Watchfire
  • cpe:2.3:a:watchfire:appscan_qa:5.0.609:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.609 Vulnerable ·Watchfire

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-4270
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9jrp-h5gv-236v

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

Sources

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