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CVE-2019-15052

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15052 describes a critical vulnerability in Gradle versions prior to 5.6, where its HTTP client inadvertently sends authentication credentials to all subsequent hosts during a 30x redirect, even if those hosts are different from the original target. This flaw, similar to CVE-2018-1000007, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a high-impact, easily exploitable vulnerability that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gradle:gradle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0293 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-15052Important

gradle: sends authentication credentials originally destined for the configured host

Aug 14, 2019

References

github.com / gradle/gradle/issues/10278
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / gradle/gradle/pull/10176
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / gradle/gradle/security/advisories/GHSA-4cwg-f7qc-6r95
ExploitThird Party Advisory