# CVE-2019-11284: Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Pivotal Reactor Netty

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2019-11284-insufficiently-protected-credentials-in-pivotal-reactor-netty  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2019-10-23  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2019-11284 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2019-10-23

Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Pivotal Reactor Netty

Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2019-11284 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2019-11284 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2019-11284?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 23 October 2019.

**Which products and versions are affected?** io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.8.11.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2019-11284?** Yes. io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty (Maven): upgrade to 0.8.11 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2019-11284?** Check whether you run io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty (Maven): upgrade to 0.8.11 or later

  ```sh
  # set io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty to 0.8.11 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.8.11

## Identifiers

- CVE-2019-11284
- GHSA-j52r-xc68-q8f4

## Related threats

- [VMware Reactor Netty credential leak during HTTP redirect](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-41715-vmware-reactor-netty-credential-leak-during-http-redirect)