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CVE-2018-12536 — In Eclipse Jetty Server, all 9

In Eclipse Jetty Server, all 9.x versions, on webapps deployed using default Error Handling, when an intentionally bad query arrives that doesn't match a dynamic url-pattern, and is eventually handled by the DefaultServlet's static file serving, the bad characters can t

CVSS
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EPSS
3.31% (top 12.90%)
CWE
CWE-209
Published
2018-06-27T17:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T08:38:06.220Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

In Eclipse Jetty Server, all 9.x versions, on webapps deployed using default Error Handling, when an intentionally bad query arrives that doesn't match a dynamic url-pattern, and is eventually handled by the DefaultServlet's static file serving, the bad characters can trigger a java.nio.file.InvalidPathException which includes the full path to the base resource directory that the DefaultServlet…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
The Eclipse FoundationEclipse Jettyunspecified, 9.3.0, unspecified, 9.4.0, unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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