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[SECURITY] Use HTTPS to resolve dependencies in Gradle Build #4

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This is a security fix for a high-severity vulnerability in your Gradle build.gradle file(s).

The build files indicate that this project is resolving dependencies over HTTP instead of HTTPS.
This leaves your build vulnerable to allowing a Man in the Middle (MITM) attackers to execute arbitrary code on your or your computer or CI/CD system.

This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 Base Score of 8.1/10.

POC code has existed since 2014 to maliciously compromise a JAR file in-flight.
MITM attacks against HTTP are increasingly common, for example Comcast is known to have done it to their own users.

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This contribution was automatically generated with an OpenRewrite refactoring recipe, which was lovingly hand crafted to bring this security fix to your repository.

The source code that generated this PR can be found here:
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This contribution is sponsored by HUMAN Security Inc. and the new Dan Kaminsky Fellowship, a fellowship created to celebrate
Dan's memory and legacy by funding open-source work that makes the world a better (and more secure) place.

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Tracking

All PR's generated as part of this fix are tracked here: JLLeitschuh/security-research#9

This fixes a security vulnerability in this project where the `build.gradle`
files were configuring Gradle to resolve dependencies over HTTP instead of
HTTPS.

Weakness: CWE-829: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Severity: High
CVSSS: 8.1
Detection: OpenRewrite

Reported-by: Jonathan Leitschuh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Leitschuh <[email protected]>

Bug-tracker: JLLeitschuh/security-research#9


Co-authored-by: Moderne <[email protected]>
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