CVE-2019-17560: Improper Certificate Validation

March 30, 2020 (updated April 1, 2020)

The NetBeans autoupdate system does not validate SSL certificates and hostnames for https based downloads. This allows an attacker to intercept downloads of autoupdates and modify the download, potentially injecting malicious code.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17560

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