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CVE-2006-2758 jetty

Affected softwarejetty
Severity5.0 Medium CVSS 2.0
WeaknessPath traversal (CWE-22)
Published2 Jun 2006
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in jetty 6.0.x (jetty6) beta16 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2e%2e%5c (encoded ../) in the URL. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2005-3747.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2012-03-07.
  • EPSS 4.0% chance in 30 days
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB promise webpam 2.2.0.13 - Multiple Vulnerabilities 2012-03-07

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

Decided by A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding Protected by Waratek's ARMR path-traversal security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-22: Path Traversal.

How to mitigate CVE-2006-2758

Apply the vendor's fix for jetty. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its path traversal rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.mortbay.jetty:jetty 0 none 6.0.beta16

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd jetty jetty generic 6.0
osv org.mortbay.jetty jetty generic ≤ 6.0

References

URLTags
https://github.com/jetty-project/codehaus-jetty6 PACKAGE
https://web.archive.org/web/20200302050157/http://securitytracker.com/id?1016168 WEB
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016168 Exploit

Timeline

Published2006-06-02By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.