CVE-2020-17514
disabled hostname verificiation
Apache Fineract prior to 1.5.0 disables HTTPS hostname verification in ProcessorHelper in the configureClient method. Under typical deployments, a man in the middle attack could be successful.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Apache Fineract prior to 1.5.0 disables HTTPS hostname verification in ProcessorHelper in the configureClient method. Under typical deployments, a man in the middle attack could be successful.
- Record
CVE-2020-17514- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
disabled hostname verificiation
Apache Fineract prior to 1.5.0 disables HTTPS hostname verification in ProcessorHelper in the configureClient method. Under typical deployments, a man in the middle attack could be successful.
- Record
CVE-2020-17514- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-9459 No score
Apache Fineract prior to 1.5.0 disables HTTPS hostname verification in ProcessorHelper in the configureClient method. Under typical deployments, a man in the middle attack could be successful.
- Record
EUVD-2020-9459- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qwv7-pm3r-wfcw No score
Apache Fineract prior to 1.5.0 disables HTTPS hostname verification in ProcessorHelper in the...
Apache Fineract prior to 1.5.0 disables HTTPS hostname verification in ProcessorHelper in the configureClient method. Under typical deployments, a man in the middle attack could be successful.
- Record
GHSA-qwv7-pm3r-wfcw- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Apache Fineract prior to 1.5.0 disables HTTPS hostname verification in ProcessorHelper in the configureClient method. Under typical deployments, a man in the middle attack could be successful.
- Record
CVE-2020-17514- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-17514 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Apache Fineract, published May 27, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.40%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1211
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc011b25289c8a6e14f8bc6d07e727382a1df3c8cf2aa5369598bbf64%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/27/2
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17514
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qwv7-pm3r-wfcw