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TI-2014-06490 Aliases CVE-2014-7816GHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx

Directory traversal vulnerability in JBoss Undertow 1.0.x before 1.0.17, 1.1.x before…

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in JBoss Undertow 1.0.x before 1.0.17, 1.1.x before 1.1.0.CR5, and 1.2.x before 1.2.0.Beta3, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a resource URI.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.25082 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven): 1.0.17, 1.1.0.CR5, 1.2.0.Beta3

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven)1.0.0 to before 1.0.171.0.17Patch availableGHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx
—io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven)1.1.0.Beta1 to before 1.1.0.CR51.1.0.CR5Patch availableGHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx
—io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven)1.2.0.Beta1 to before 1.2.0.Beta31.2.0.Beta3Patch availableGHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.0.17 Fixed in 1.0.17 Patch available GHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx
  • io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.1.0.Beta1 to before 1.1.0.CR5 Fixed in 1.1.0.CR5 Patch available GHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx
  • io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.2.0.Beta1 to before 1.2.0.Beta3 Fixed in 1.2.0.Beta3 Patch available GHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.0.16VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow:*:cr4:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.1.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow:*:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.2.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.0.16 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow:*:cr4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.1.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow:*:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven) Fixed in 1.0.17 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven) Fixed in 1.1.0.CR5 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven) Fixed in 1.2.0.Beta3 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-7816
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx

References

Advisory 4

Other 1

  • TI-2025-11507 Undertow-core: undertow http server fails to reject malformed host headers leading to potential cache poisoning and ssrf CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2020-01688 Improper authorization in undertow-io undertow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-02898 Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat undertow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-07532 Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat undertow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-03019 Undertow: outofmemoryerror due to @multipartconfig handling CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-22645 Undertow: undertow: request smuggling via inconsistent header parsing CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
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