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CVE-2023-36479 Eclipse Jetty

Affected softwareEclipse Jetty
Severity3.5 Low CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in9.4.52, 10.0.16, 11.0.16
WeaknessCWE-149
Published15 Sep 2023
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Eclipse Jetty Canonical Repository is the canonical repository for the Jetty project. Users of the CgiServlet with a very specific command structure may have the wrong command executed. If a user sends a request to a org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.CGI Servlet for a binary with a space in its name, the servlet will escape the command by wrapping it in quotation marks. This wrapped command, plus an optional command prefix, will then be executed through a call to Runtime.exec. If the original binary name provided by the user contains a quotation mark followed by a space, the resulting command line will contain multiple tokens instead of one. This issue was patched in version 9.4.52, 10.0.16, 11.0.16 and 12.0.0-beta2.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 3 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.2% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists: eclipse/jetty.project #9516.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.
Candidate fix https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9516 : a pull request: the change under review

CVSS

3.5 LOW v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 3.5 LOW CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N security-advisories@github.com Secondary published
CVSS 3.1 3.1 LOW CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2025 ↗ CPU 2025-Q2 Oracle Retail Applications / Point of Sale (Eclipse Jetty) (19.0.6, 20.0.5, 21.0.4, 22.0.2, 23.0.2, 24.0.1)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2024 ↗ CPU 2024-Q3 Oracle Enterprise Manager / Agent Next Gen (Eclipse Jetty) (13.5.0.0)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / Containers (Eclipse Jetty) (12.2.1.4.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2024 ↗ CPU 2024-Q2 Oracle Communications / Platform (Eclipse Jetty) (9.0.0.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2024 ↗ CPU 2024-Q1 Oracle Communications / Configuration (Eclipse Jetty) (23.3.0, 23.4.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2023 ↗ CPU 2023-Q4 Oracle Communications / General (Eclipse Jetty) (9.0.0-9.0.2)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Communications Configuration (Eclipse Jetty) 23.3.0, 23.4.0 23.3.0 · 23.4.0
Oracle Communications General (Eclipse Jetty) 9.0.0-9.0.2
Oracle Communications Platform (Eclipse Jetty) 9.0.0.0 9.0.0.0
Oracle Enterprise Manager Agent Next Gen (Eclipse Jetty) 13.5.0.0 13.5.0.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware Containers (Eclipse Jetty) 12.2.1.4.0 12.2.1.4.0
Oracle Retail Applications Point of Sale (Eclipse Jetty) 19.0.6, 20.0.5, 21.0.4, 22.0.2, 23.0.2, 24.0.1 19.0.6 · 20.0.5 · 21.0.4 · 22.0.2 · 23.0.2 · 24.0.1

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets 9.0.0 9.4.52 unbounded
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets 10.0.0 10.0.16 unbounded
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets 11.0.0 11.0.16 unbounded
org.eclipse.jetty.ee10:jetty-ee10-servlets 0 12.0.0-beta2 unbounded
org.eclipse.jetty.ee9:jetty-ee9-servlets 0 12.0.0-beta2 unbounded
org.eclipse.jetty.ee8:jetty-ee8-servlets 0 12.0.0-beta2 unbounded

Products and versions

6 products, 17 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd debian debian linux generic 10.0 · 11.0 · 12.0
nvd eclipse jetty generic ≥ 9.0.0 and < 9.4.52 · ≥ 10.0.0 and < 10.0.16 · ≥ 11.0.0 and < 11.0.16 · 12.0.0:alpha1 · 12.0.0:alpha2 · 12.0.0:alpha3 · 12.0.0:beta0 · 12.0.0:beta1
osv org.eclipse.jetty jetty-servlets generic ≥ 9.0.0 and < 9.4.52 · ≥ 10.0.0 and < 10.0.16 · ≥ 11.0.0 and < 11.0.16
osv org.eclipse.jetty.ee10 jetty-ee10-servlets generic < 12.0.0
osv org.eclipse.jetty.ee8 jetty-ee8-servlets generic < 12.0.0
osv org.eclipse.jetty.ee9 jetty-ee9-servlets generic < 12.0.0

References

URLTags
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9516 pr
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-3gh6-v5v9-6v9j WEB
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9888 WEB
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9889 WEB
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project PACKAGE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00039.html WEB
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5507 WEB

Timeline

Published2023-09-15By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.