eclipse jetty CVE-2021-28164 vulnerability in Eclipse and Other Products
Published on April 1, 2021

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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/%2e/WEB-INF/web.xml can retrieve the web.xml file. This can reveal sensitive information regarding the implementation of a web application.

Github Repository NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-28164 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
LOW
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Types

What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

CVE-2021-28164 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.

Incorrect Behavior Order: Authorization Before Parsing and Canonicalization

If a web server does not fully parse requested URLs before it examines them for authorization, it may be possible for an attacker to bypass authorization protection. For instance, the character strings /./ and / both mean current directory. If /SomeDirectory is a protected directory and an attacker requests /./SomeDirectory, the attacker may be able to gain access to the resource if /./ is not converted to / before the authorization check is performed.


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Affected Versions

The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Jetty:

Vulnerable Packages

The following package name and versions may be associated with CVE-2021-28164

Package Manager Vulnerable Package Versions Fixed In
maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp >= 9.4.37, < 9.4.39 9.4.39
maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp >= 9.4.37, <= 9.4.42 9.4.43
maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp >= 10.0.1, <= 10.0.5 10.0.6
maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp >= 11.0.1, <= 11.0.5 11.0.6

Exploit Probability

EPSS
93.49%
Percentile
99.82%

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