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CVE-2024-1459

Undertow: directory traversal vulnerability

Published: Feb 12, 2024Updated: Oct 24, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-24
NVD MITRE
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 25.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A path traversal vulnerability was found in Undertow. This issue may allow a remote attacker to append a specially-crafted sequence to an HTTP request for an application deployed to JBoss EAP, which may permit access to privileged or restricted files and directories.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-24

Affected Products

undertowredhat
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / web-framework
io.undertow:undertow-coreMavenOSS Libraries
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Red Hat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Red Hat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
red hatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 12 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1674
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1675
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1676
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and 12 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Feb 12, 2024
Last Updated
Oct 24, 2025

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