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CVE-2021-28169

Jetty Utility Servlets ConcatServlet Double Decoding Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Impact

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.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets<= 9.4.409.4.41

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
EclipseJetty
before 9.4.41
from 10.0.0 before 10.0.3
from 11.0.0 before 11.0.3
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 9.0, 10.0
OracleCommunications Cloud Native Core Policy
Version 1.14.0
OracleRest Data Services
before 21.3
NetappActive Iq Unified Manager
All versions
NetappHci
All versions
NetappManagement Services For Element Software
All versions
NetappSnap Creator Framework
All versions

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