GHSA-gwcr-j4wh-j3cq

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    GHSA-gwcr-j4wh-j3cq

    Published: 10 Jun 2021Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Jetty Utility Servlets ConcatServlet Double Decoding Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    Details: Requests to the `ConcatServlet` and `WelcomeFilter` are able to access protected resources within the `WEB-INF` directory. For example a request to the `ConcatServlet` with a URI of `/concat?/%2557EB-INF/web.xml` can retrieve the web.xml file. This can reveal sensitive information regarding the implementation of a web application. This occurs because both `ConcatServlet` and `WelcomeFilter` decode the supplied path to verify it is not within the `WEB-INF` or `META-INF` directories. It then uses this decoded path to call `RequestDispatcher` which will also do decoding of the path. This double decoding allows paths with a doubly encoded `WEB-INF` to bypass this security check. ### Impact This affects all versions of `ConcatServlet` and `WelcomeFilter` in versions before 9.4.41, 10.0.3 and 11.0.3. ### Workarounds If you cannot update to the latest version of Jetty, you can instead deploy your own version of the [`ConcatServlet`](https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/blob/4204526d2fdad355e233f6bf18a44bfe028ee00b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/ConcatServlet.java) and/or the [`WelcomeFilter`](https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/blob/4204526d2fdad355e233f6bf18a44bfe028ee00b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/WelcomeFilter.java) by using the code from the latest version of Jetty.

    References: https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-gwcr-j4wh-j3cq, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28169, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4949, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210727-0009, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00017.html, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfff6ff8ffb31e8a32619c79774def44b6ffbb037c128c5ad3eab7171@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf36f1114e84a3379b20587063686148e2d5a39abc0b8a66ff2a9087a@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ref1c161a1621504e673f9197b49e6efe5a33ce3f0e6d8f1f804fc695@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rddbb4f8d5db23265bb63d14ef4b3723b438abc1589f877db11d35450@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd5b52362f5edf98e0dcab6541a381f571cccc05ad9188e793af688f3@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbefa055282d52d6b58d29a79fbb0be65ab0a38d25f00bd29eaf5e6fd@%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1292d30462b9baedea7c5d9594fc75990d9aa0ec223b48054ca9c25@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91e34ff61aff8fd25a3f2a21539597c6ef7589a31c199b0a9546477c@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a1a332899a1f92c8118b0895b144b27a78e3f25b9d58a34dd5eb084@%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67c4f90658fde875521c949448c54c98517beecdc7f618f902c620ec@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r33eb06b05afbc7df28d31055cae0cb3fd36cab808c884bf6d680bea5@%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r32b0b640ad2be3b858f0af51c68a7d5c5a66a462c8bbb93699825cd3@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r29678972c3f8164b151fd7a5802785d402e530c09870a82ffc7681a4@%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r284de9c5399486dfff12ab9e7323ca720dd7019a9a3e11c8510a7140@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2721aba31a8562639c4b937150897e24f78f747cdbda8641c0f659fe@%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r234f6452297065636356f43654cdacef565b8f9ceb0e0c07ffb8c73b@%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r04a4b4553a23aff26f42635a6ae388c3b162aab30a88d12e59d05168@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E, https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-servlets

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.4.41

    Affected versions

    7.0.0.M0
    7.0.0.M1
    7.0.0.M2
    7.0.0.M3
    7.0.0.M4
    7.0.0.RC0
    7.0.0.RC1
    7.0.0.RC2
    7.0.0.RC3
    7.0.0.RC4
    7.0.0.RC5
    7.0.0.RC6
    7.0.0.v20091005
    7.0.1.v20091125
    7.0.2.RC0
    7.0.2.v20100331

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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