Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-12421 - Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability in Apache Nifi
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 52 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca37935d661f4689cb4119f1b3b224413b22be161b678e6e6ce0c69b%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca37935d661f4689cb4119f1b3b224413b22be161b678e6e6ce0c69b%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
- https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2019-12421
- https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2019-12421