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CVE-2024-1459 Undertow

Affected softwareUndertow
Severity5.3 Medium CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in2.2.31.Final, 2.3.12.Final
WeaknessCWE-24
Published12 Feb 2024
Updated5 Nov 2026

Description

A path traversal vulnerability was found in Undertow. This issue may allow a remote attacker to append a specially-crafted sequence to an HTTP request for an application deployed to JBoss EAP, which may permit access to privileged or restricted files and directories.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 2 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.7% chance in 30 days

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 description identifies a path traversal vulnerability. Matched by description (CWE-24 was assigned, but does not settle the class on its own).
Candidate fix https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259475 : a Red Hat bug: the triage, which links onward to the fix

How to mitigate CVE-2024-1459

Upgrade Undertow to a release that fixes it: 2.2.31.Final or 2.3.12.Final. 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

CVSS

5.3 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N secalert@redhat.com Secondary published
CVSS 3.1 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2024 ↗ CPU 2024-Q2 Oracle Communications / Install/Upgrade (Undertow) (23.4.1)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Communications Install/Upgrade (Undertow) 23.4.1 23.4.1

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
io.undertow:undertow-core 0 2.2.31.Final unbounded
io.undertow:undertow-core 2.3.0.Alpha1 2.3.12.Final unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 3 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv io.undertow undertow-core generic < 2.2.31 · ≥ 2.3.0 and < 2.3.12
nvd redhat undertow generic any version

References

URLTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259475 bugzilla
https://github.com/undertow-io/undertow/pull/1556 WEB
https://github.com/undertow-io/undertow/commit/40bb3314f013247af8e222870bd5045ca8650c5c WEB
https://github.com/undertow-io/undertow/commit/54f3e4325425c472f5af5fc973e02df83d7a711a WEB
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1674 WEB
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1675 WEB
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1676 WEB
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1677 WEB
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2763 WEB
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2764 WEB

Timeline

Published2024-02-12By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-11-05NVD's own last-modified date for this record.