Vulnerability in Eclipse Jetty
CVE-2023-36479
Eclipse Jetty Canonical Repository is the canonical repository for the Jetty project. Users of the CgiServlet with a very specific command structure may have the wrong command executed. If a user sends a request to a org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.CGI Servlet for a binary with a space in its name, the servlet will escape the command by wrapping it in quotation marks. This wrapped command, plus an optional command prefix, will then be executed through a call to Runtime.exec. If the original binary name provided by the user contains a quotation mark followed by a space, the resulting command line will contain multiple tokens instead of one. This issue was patched in version 9.4.52, 10.0.16, 11.0.16 and 12.0.0-beta2.
EPSS: 0.010 (60.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Eclipse Jetty — versions 12.0.0
- Eclipse Jetty.project — versions >= 9.0.0, <= 9.4.51, >= 10.0.0, <= 10.0.15, >= 11.0.0, <= 11.0.15
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0, 11.0, 12.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-36479?
- CVE-2023-36479 is a low-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Jetty, classified under CWE-149. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-09-15.
- How severe is CVE-2023-36479?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-36479 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.