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TI-2018-00969 Aliases CVE-2018-1048GHSA-prfw-3qx6-g9xr

Path traversal in Red Hat undertow as shipped in Jboss EAP 7.1.0.GA

Priority LOW 36CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

It was found that the AJP connector in undertow, as shipped in Jboss EAP 7.1.0.GA, does not use the ALLOW_ENCODED_SLASH option and thus allow the the slash / anti-slash characters encoded in the url which may lead to path traversal and result in the information disclosure of arbitrary local files.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0159 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.jboss.eap:wildfly-undertow (Maven): 7.1.1.GARed Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red Hatundertow as shipped in Jboss EAP 7.1.0.GA7.1.0.GA—No fix listedCNA
—org.jboss.eap:wildfly-undertow (Maven)7.1.0.GA to before 7.1.1.GA7.1.1.GAPatch availableGHSA-prfw-3qx6-g9xr
  • undertow as shipped in Jboss EAP 7.1.0.GA VendorRed Hat Affected 7.1.0.GA Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.jboss.eap:wildfly-undertow (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.1.0.GA to before 7.1.1.GA Fixed in 7.1.1.GA Patch available GHSA-prfw-3qx6-g9xr

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-prfw-3qx6-g9xr org.jboss.eap:wildfly-undertow (Maven) Fixed in 7.1.1.GA Advisory →

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2018:0481 Released 2018-03-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    jboss-ec2-eap package for EAP 7.1.1
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-7.1.1-3.1.GA_redhat_3.ep7.el6, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples-7.1.1-3.1.GA_redhat_3.ep7.el6
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-7.1.1-3.1.GA_redhat_3.ep7.el7, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples-7.1.1-3.1.GA_redhat_3.ep7.el7
  • RHSA-2018:0479 Released 2018-03-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.1 on RHEL 6
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-activemq-artemis-1.5.5.009-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-activemq-artemis-cli-1.5.5.009-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-activemq-artemis-commons-1.5.5.009-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 +47
  • RHSA-2018:0480 Released 2018-03-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.1 for RHEL 7
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-activemq-artemis-1.5.5.009-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-activemq-artemis-cli-1.5.5.009-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-activemq-artemis-commons-1.5.5.009-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7 +47
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  • RHSA-2018:0478 Released 2018-03-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.1 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Fuse 7AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1Fixed RHSA-2018:0478
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 ServerFixed RHSA-2018:0479, RHSA-2018:0481
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2018:0480, RHSA-2018:0481

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1048
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-prfw-3qx6-g9xr
  3. 2026-11-06 Fix available: Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1 · Red Hat

References

Advisory 6

  • TI-2017-08941 Deserialization of untrusted data in Red Hat jbossas KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2010-01790 JBoss Seam 2 (jboss-seam2), as used in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-09342 Unrestricted file upload in Apache Tomcat KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2010-01383 The Web Console (aka web-console) in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-09354 XML external entity injection in Apache Solr before 7.1 with Apache Lucene before 7.1 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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