CVE-2021-28163

jetty: Symlink directory exposes webapp directory contents

Published Apr 1, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 2.7 Low EPSS 4.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Eclipse Jetty 9.4.32 to 9.4.38, 10.0.0.beta2 to 10.0.1, and 11.0.0.beta2 to 11.0.1, if a user uses a webapps directory that is a symlink, the contents of the webapps directory is deployed as a static webapp, inadvertently serving the webapps themselves and anything else that might be in that directory.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-0837 In Eclipse Jetty 9.4.32 to 9.4.38, 10.0.0.beta2 to 10.0.1, and 11.0.0.beta2 to 11.0.1, if a user uses a webapps directory that is a symlink, the contents of the webapps directory is deployed as a static webapp, inadvertently serving the webapps themselves and anything else that might be in that directory.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j6qj-j888-vvgq Directory exposure in jetty
References
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https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-j6qj-j888-vvgq cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0841b06b48324cfc81325de3c05a92e53f997185f9d71ff47734d961%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r111f1ce28b133a8090ca4f809a1bdf18a777426fc058dc3a16c39c66%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67c4f90658fde875521c949448c54c98517beecdc7f618f902c620ec%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ac9e263129328c0db9940d72b4a6062e703c58918dd34bd22cdf8dd%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r780c3c210a05c5bf7b4671303f46afc3fe56758e92864e1a5f0590d0%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r787e47297a614b05b99d01b04c8a1d6c0cafb480c9cb7c624a6b8fc3%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9974f64723875052e02787b2a5eda689ac5247c71b827d455e5dc9a6%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbc075a4ac85e7a8e47420b7383f16ffa0af3b792b8423584735f369f%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbefa055282d52d6b58d29a79fbb0be65ab0a38d25f00bd29eaf5e6fd%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0471252aeb3384c3cfa6d131374646d4641b80dd313e7b476c47a9c%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rddbb4f8d5db23265bb63d14ef4b3723b438abc1589f877db11d35450%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf36f1114e84a3379b20587063686148e2d5a39abc0b8a66ff2a9087a%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5CXQIJVYU4R3JL6LSPXQ5GIV7WLLA7PI/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGNKXBNRRCZTGGXPIX3VBWCF2SAM3DWS/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HAAKW7S66TECXGJZWB3ZFGOQAK34IYHF/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28163 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210611-0006/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28163 cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
eclipse
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 9:40 PM
Reserved
Mar 12, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 1, 2021, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:45 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 1, 2021, 12:00 AM