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TI-2019-13133 Aliases CVE-2019-17598GHSA-442g-gcg6-mhm4

An issue was discovered in Lightbend Play Framework 2.5.x through 2.6.23.

Priority LOW 34CWE-326Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-326.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Lightbend Play Framework 2.5.x through 2.6.23. When configured to make requests using an authenticated HTTP proxy, play-ws may sometimes, typically under high load, when connecting to a target host using https, expose the proxy credentials to the target host.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00704 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed com.typesafe.play:play-ws_2.12 (Maven): 2.6.24

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
—com.typesafe.play:play-ws_2.12 (Maven)2.5.0 to before 2.6.242.6.24Patch availableGHSA-442g-gcg6-mhm4
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • com.typesafe.play:play-ws_2.12 (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.5.0 to before 2.6.24 Fixed in 2.6.24 Patch available GHSA-442g-gcg6-mhm4

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.0 – 2.5.19; 2.6.0 – 2.6.23VulnerableLightbend
  • cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.0 – 2.5.19; 2.6.0 – 2.6.23 Vulnerable ·Lightbend

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-442g-gcg6-mhm4 com.typesafe.play:play-ws_2.12 (Maven) Fixed in 2.6.24 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-17598
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-442g-gcg6-mhm4

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2014-02951 XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Java XML processing functionality in Play… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-13063 Denial of service binding form from JSON in Play Framework CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-01932 Netty before 3.9.8.Final, 3.10.x before 3.10.3.Final, 4.0.x before 4.0.28.Final, and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-10054 A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in the Assets controller in Play… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-13068 Dev error stack trace leaking into prod in Play Framework CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-16533 An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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