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CVE-2026-28368

Undertow: undertow: request smuggling via inconsistent header parsing

Published: Mar 27, 2026Updated: Jun 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-444
8.7HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 50.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A flaw was found in Undertow. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to construct specially crafted requests where header names are parsed differently by Undertow compared to upstream proxies. This discrepancy in header interpretation can be exploited to launch request smuggling attacks, potentially bypassing security controls and accessing unauthorized resources.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-444

Affected Products

Red Hat
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Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 8On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 9On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Red Hat Data Grid 8On-premDatabase
Databases / cache-message-queue
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Fuse 7On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25125
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25126
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28368
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