Insufficient session expiration in Apache NiFi
Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-613Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-613.
Summary
When using an authentication mechanism other than PKI, when the user clicks Log Out in NiFi versions 1.0.0 to 1.9.2, NiFi invalidates the authentication token on the client side but not on the server side. This permits the user's client-side token to be used for up to 12 hours after logging out to make API requests to NiFi.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01846 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-security (Maven): 1.10.0org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-api (Maven): 1.10.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Apache NiFi | Apache NiFi 1.0.0 to 1.10.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-security (Maven) | 1.3.0 to before 1.10.0 | 1.10.0 | Patch available | GHSA-fmqw-vqh5-cwq9 |
| — | org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-api (Maven) | 1.3.0 to before 1.10.0 | 1.10.0 | Patch available | GHSA-fmqw-vqh5-cwq9 |
- Apache NiFi Vendor— Affected Apache NiFi 1.0.0 to 1.10.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-security (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.3.0 to before 1.10.0 Fixed in 1.10.0 Patch available GHSA-fmqw-vqh5-cwq9
- org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-api (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.3.0 to before 1.10.0 Fixed in 1.10.0 Patch available GHSA-fmqw-vqh5-cwq9
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-fmqw-vqh5-cwq9 org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-security (Maven) Fixed in 1.10.0 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-fmqw-vqh5-cwq9 org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-api (Maven) Fixed in 1.10.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-12421
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fmqw-vqh5-cwq9
References
Advisory 2
Other 4
- [nifi-commits] 20200123 svn commit: r1873083 - /nifi/site/trunk/security.html
- https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/3362
- https://github.com/apache/nifi/commit/cf6f5172503ce438c6c22c334c9367f774db7b24
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca37935d661f4689cb4119f1b3b224413b22be161b678e6e6ce0c69b@%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
More Apache Nifi vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-17293 Apache NiFi: Potential Code Injection with Database Services using H2 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-16549 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Eclipse Jetty CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2019-07411 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Commons Beanutils CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2017-11471 Improper input validation in Apache NiFi CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-01212 XML external entity injection in Apache NiFi CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-03489 Deserialization of untrusted data in jackson-databind CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2019-12421 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-12421 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fmqw-vqh5-cwq9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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