jetty: path normalization
Published Apr 13, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 6.36%
Description
The path normalization mechanism in PathResource class in Eclipse Jetty 9.3.x before 9.3.9 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass protected resource restrictions and other security constraints via a URL with certain escaped characters, related to backslashes.
Affected products
No data.
- 9.3.0
- 9.3.0
- 9.3.0
- 9.3.0
- 9.3.0
- 9.3.0
- 9.3.1
- 9.3.2
- 9.3.3
- 9.3.4
- 9.3.4
- 9.3.4
- 9.3.5
- 9.3.6
- 9.3.7
- 9.3.7
- 9.3.7
- 9.3.8
- 9.3.8
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
jetty-eclipse
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
jetty
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6
jetty
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5
jetty
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6
jetty
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5
jetty
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
jetty
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6
jetty
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Portal 6
jetty
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5
jetty
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
jetty
Not affected
Red Hat Satellite 6
jetty
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-java-common-jetty
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | jetty-eclipse | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | jetty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 | jetty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | jetty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | jetty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 | jetty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | jetty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | jetty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 | jetty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 | jetty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | jetty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | jetty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-java-common-jetty | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.36% (0.06363) | 93.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.36% (0.06363) | 92.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.64% (0.00643) | 68.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.87% (0.02867) | 77.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.61% (0.00609) | 67.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.87% (0.04873) | 92.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.04% (0.02041) | 89.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2024 | 1.45% (0.01449) | 86.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | 1.03% (0.01026) | 83.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01026) | 81.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/msg00092.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2016-001.html x_refsource_MISCMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90945 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-362 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4800 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340205 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-872g-2h8h-362q Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4800
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0006/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4800
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/msg00092.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2016-001.html | x_refsource_MISCMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90945 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-362 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4800 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340205 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-872g-2h8h-362q | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4800 | ||
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0006/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4800 | ||
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html | x_refsource_MISC |
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