CVE-2016-4800

jetty: path normalization

Published Apr 13, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 6.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
The path normalization mechanism in PathResource class in Eclipse Jetty 9.3.x before 9.3.9 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass protected resource restrictions and other security constraints via a URL with certain escaped characters, related to backslashes.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0545 The path normalization mechanism in PathResource class in Eclipse Jetty 9.3.x before 9.3.9 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass protected resource restrictions and other security constraints via a URL with certain escaped characters, related to backslashes.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-872g-2h8h-362q Jetty contains an alias issue that could allow unauthenticated remote code execution due to specially crafted request
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 12:39 AM
Reserved
May 13, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 13, 2017, 2:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:48 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 30, 2016, 12:00 AM