Path Traversal in Red Hat Exploit Intelligence
CVE-2026-81829
A flaw was found in SmallRye JWT's AwsAlbKeyResolver, which is used by applications to verify JSON Web Tokens signed by AWS Application Load Balancers. When the AWS_ALB key provider is configured, the resolver constructs the key-fetch URL by directly concatenating the attacker-controlled kid header value from an inbound JWT without sanitizing path traversal characters or query-string separators. This allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to force the application server to issue GET requests to arbitrary paths on the same origin as the configured key endpoint. As a result, non-public endpoints or internal data reachable on that origin may be read by the attacker before JWT signature verification takes place.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (48.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-81829 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69470 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69440 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-81829?
- CVE-2026-81829 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Exploit Intelligence, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-09-17.
- How severe is CVE-2026-81829?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.