Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Apache NiFi

CVE-2017-15697 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

A malicious X-ProxyContextPath or X-Forwarded-Context header containing external resources or embedded code could cause remote code execution. The fix to properly handle these headers was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.5.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

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