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CVE-2024-1459: Undertow: directory traversal vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 77.5% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: undertow (Debian:14) 2.3.18-1; io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven) 2.3.12.Final, 2.2.31.Final; eap7-activemq-artemis (Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7) 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to undertow (Debian:14) 2.3.18-1; io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven) 2.3.12.Final, 2.2.31.Final; eap7-activemq-artemis (Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7) 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 12, 2024
Updated
Nov 5, 2026
EPSS
1.7% · 77th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.7%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.3
CNA · redhat
5.3
agree

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redhatundertow

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • redhat undertowall versions

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • github.com/undertow-io/undertow undertow

    • before 2.3.12affected

  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Quarkus

    • all versionsunknown

  • Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8

    • all versionsaffected

  • Red Hat Red Hat Decision Manager 7

    • all versionsunknown

  • Red Hat Red Hat Fuse 7

    • all versionsunknown

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7

    • all versionsunknown

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8

    • 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el8eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el8eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:5.13.3.202401111512-1.r_redhat_00001.1.el8eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:1.9.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:3.3.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:5.3.36-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:11.0.18-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:1.1.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:1.3.9-3.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el8eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:2.0.1-3.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap and laternot affected · rpm

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9

    • 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el9eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el9eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:5.13.3.202401111512-1.r_redhat_00001.1.el9eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:1.9.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:3.3.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:5.3.36-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:11.0.18-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:1.1.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:1.3.9-3.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el9eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:2.0.1-3.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap and laternot affected · rpm

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7

    • 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:5.13.3.202401111512-1.r_redhat_00001.1.el7eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:1.9.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:3.3.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:5.3.36-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:11.0.18-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:1.1.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:1.3.9-3.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap and laternot affected · rpm
    • 0:2.0.1-3.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap and laternot affected · rpm

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8

    • all versionsunknown

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 for RHEL 8

    • 0:2.3.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap and laternot affected · rpm

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 for RHEL 9

    • 0:2.3.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap and laternot affected · rpm

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:14undertowbefore 2.3.18-12.3.18-1
Mavenio.undertow:undertow-corefrom 2.3.0.Alpha1 · before 2.3.12.Final2.3.12.Final
Mavenio.undertow:undertow-corebefore 2.2.31.Final2.2.31.Final
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemisbefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-clibefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-commonsbefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-core-clientbefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-dtobefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-hornetq-protocolbefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-hqclient-protocolbefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-jdbc-storebefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-clientbefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-serverbefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-journalbefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-rabefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-selectorbefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-serverbefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-service-extensionsbefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-toolsbefore 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-apache-cxfbefore 0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-apache-cxf-rtbefore 0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-apache-cxf-servicesbefore 0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-apache-cxf-toolsbefore 0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7eap7-eclipse-jgitbefore 0:5.13.3.202401111512-1.r_redhat_00001.1.el7eap0:5.13.3.202401111512-1.r_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

+96

Same product

redhat: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-1745A file inclusion vulnerability was found in the AJP connector enabled with a default AJP configuration port of 8009 in Undertow version 2.0.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2019-10212A flaw was found in, all under 2.0.20, in the Undertow DEBUG log for io.undertow.request.security.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2019-3888A vulnerability was found in Undertow web server before 2.0.21.
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-10687Sep 23, 2020 · A flaw was discovered in all versions of Undertow before Undertow 2.2.0.Final, where HTTP request smuggling related to CVE-2017-2666 is poss
    19Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-20220Feb 23, 2021 · A flaw was found in Undertow.
    19Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-3223Sep 27, 2023 · Undertow: outofmemoryerror due to @multipartconfig handling
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:undertow2.3.18-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)
Maven:io.undertow:undertow-core2.2.31.FinalPackage registry (OSV)
Maven:io.undertow:undertow-core2.3.12.FinalPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-cli0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-commons0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-core-client0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-dto0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-hornetq-protocol0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-hqclient-protocol0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-jdbc-store0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-client0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-server0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-journal0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-undertow0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-24 · Path Traversal: '../filedir'

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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