Information disclosure in The Eclipse Foundation Jetty
CVE-2021-28164
In Eclipse Jetty 9.4.37.v20210219 to 9.4.38.v20210224, the default compliance mode allows requests with URIs that contain %2e or %2e%2e segments to access protected resources within the WEB-INF directory. For example a request to /context/…
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.935 (99.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- The Eclipse Foundation Jetty — versions 9.4.37.v20210219, unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-v7ff-8wcx-gmc5 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- [kafka-jira] 20210412 [GitHub] [kafka] dongjinleekr opened a new pull request #10526: KAFKA-12655: CVE-2021-28165 - Upgrade jetty to 9.4.39 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [ignite-issues] 20210413 [jira] [Created] (IGNITE-14527) CVE-2021-2816[3,4,5] in Jetty (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [ignite-dev] 20210413 [jira] [Created] (IGNITE-14527) CVE-2021-2816[3,4,5] in Jetty (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [solr-issues] 20210414 [jira] [Updated] (SOLR-15338) High security vulnerability in Jetty library CVE-2021-28163 (+5) bundled within Solr (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [ignite-issues] 20210426 [jira] [Updated] (IGNITE-14527) CVE-2021-2816[3,4,5] in Jetty (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [ignite-issues] 20210426 [jira] [Commented] (IGNITE-14527) CVE-2021-2816[3,4,5] in Jetty (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [ignite-issues] 20210426 [jira] [Updated] (IGNITE-14527) Upgrade Jetty version to fix CVE-2021-2816[3,4,5] in Jetty (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [solr-issues] 20210507 [jira] [Updated] (SOLR-15338) High security vulnerability in Jetty library CVE-2021-28163 (+5) bundled within Solr (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [solr-issues] 20210623 [jira] [Updated] (SOLR-15338) High security vulnerability in Jetty library CVE-2021-28163 (+5) bundled within Solr (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-28164?
- CVE-2021-28164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in The Eclipse Foundation Jetty, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-04-01.
- How severe is CVE-2021-28164?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-28164 known to be exploited?
- 26 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.