Vulnerability in Red Hat Undertow

CVE-2017-12165

It was discovered that Undertow before 1.4.17, 1.3.31 and 2.0.0 processes http request headers with unusual whitespaces which can cause possible http request smuggling.

Vulnerability class: HTTP Request Smuggling

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-12165: held from 0.019 to 0.019.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12165?
CVE-2017-12165 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Undertow, classified under Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests (HTTP Request/Response Smuggling). CVSS score: 2.6/10. Published 2018-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-12165?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.6 out of 10.