CVE-2026-8384
MediumCVSS 5.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs
Summary
In Eclipse Jetty, a vulnerability has been identified involving incorrect path resolution for URIs containing semicolons. A request to a resource like '/public;/../admin/secret.txt' results in Jetty returning an unresolved path '/public/../admin/secret.txt' instead of the expected '/admin/secret.txt'. Jetty itself is not vulnerable because it does not serve files that fail the alias check, but web applications relying on Jetty's path resolution may be confused.
Risk Assessment
The risk is that web applications relying on resolved paths provided by Jetty may misinterpret resource locations, potentially leading to unauthorized file access or other security issues.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Eclipse Jetty to the latest version that includes a fix for this vulnerability. Additionally, review web applications for dependencies on path resolution and ensure they are resilient to such anomalies.
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Original NVD description (English source)
In Eclipse Jetty, an HTTP URI of this form: /public;/../admin/secret.txt results in an unresolved path of: /public/../admin/secret.txt instead of the expected: /admin/secret.txt Jetty itself is not affected, as it will not serve the secret.txt file because it will not pass the alias checker (only resolved resources are served). However, web applications that rely on resolved paths being provided by Jetty may be confused when receiving an unresolved path.