CVE-2017-20284

Caucho Resin resin-doc Unauthenticated Path Traversal via jndi-appconfig Servlet

Published Sep 18, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
Caucho Resin contains a path traversal vulnerability in the documentation webapp (resin-doc) that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying a relative path through the inputFile request parameter of the jndi-appconfig tutorial servlet. Attackers can craft requests with directory traversal sequences to the servlet endpoint to read files outside the intended tutorial directory on the underlying system. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2021-12-10.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Caucho
Caucho resin
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:caucho:resin:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Caucho
Caucho resin
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Caucho Technology
Caucho Technology resin
Vendors & Products Caucho Technology
Caucho Technology resin
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Caucho Resin contains a path traversal vulnerability in the documentation webapp (resin-doc) that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying a relative path through the inputFile request parameter of the jndi-appconfig tutorial servlet. Attackers can craft requests with directory traversal sequences to the servlet endpoint to read files outside the intended tutorial directory on the underlying system. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2021-12-10.
Title Caucho Resin resin-doc Unauthenticated Path Traversal via jndi-appconfig Servlet
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 27, 2026, 12:40 AM
Reserved
Sep 18, 2026, 6:15 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 18, 2026, 8:16 PM
Modified
Sep 22, 2026, 8:25 PM