Digest authentication lossy encoding
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 17 fixed, 7 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
In Eclipse Jetty, the Digest authentication server-side component uses ISO-8859-1 to encode the password as bytes. This was done because the initial specification for HTTP did not specify explicitly a charset, and it was assumed to be ISO-8859-1 for historical reasons. If the password contains characters that cannot be represented in ISO-8859-1, they are silently replaced by `?`. This happens with passwords that contain Chinese, Cyrillic or Greek characters, for example: `αβ123` converts to `??123`. An attacker can send a request with a digest `Authorization` header crafted with a password made of only `?` characters; the server would match any password of the same length that contains non-ISO-8859-1 characters. Recent HTTP Digest [RFC-7616](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7616) supports a `charset` parameters that defaults to UTF-8 that allows for correct encoding/decoding of passwords.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse Jetty - EE8 | 12.0.0 – 12.0.35; 12.1.0 – 12.1.9 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse Jetty - EE9 | 12.0.0 – 12.0.35; 12.1.0 – 12.1.9 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse Jetty | 9.4.0 – 9.4.62; 10.0.0 – 10.0.30; 11.0.0 – 11.0.30; 12.0.0 – 12.0.35; 12.1.0 – 12.1.9 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) | 9.4.0.v20161208 to before 9.4.63 | 9.4.63 | Patch available | GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr |
| — | org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) | 10.0.0 to before 10.0.31 | 10.0.31 | Patch available | GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr |
| — | org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) | 11.0.0 to before 11.0.31 | 11.0.31 | Patch available | GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr |
| — | org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) | 12.0.0 to before 12.0.36 | 12.0.36 | Patch available | GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr |
| — | org.eclipse.jetty.ee8:jetty-ee8-security (Maven) | 12.0.0 to before 12.0.36 | 12.0.36 | Patch available | GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr |
| — | org.eclipse.jetty.ee9:jetty-ee9-security (Maven) | 12.0.0 to before 12.0.36 | 12.0.36 | Patch available | GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr |
| — | org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) | 12.1.0 to before 12.1.10 | 12.1.10 | Patch available | GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr |
| — | org.eclipse.jetty.ee8:jetty-ee8-security (Maven) | 12.1.0 to before 12.1.10 | 12.1.10 | Patch available | GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr |
| — | org.eclipse.jetty.ee9:jetty-ee9-security (Maven) | 12.1.0 to before 12.1.10 | 12.1.10 | Patch available | GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr |
- Eclipse Jetty - EE8 VendorEclipse Foundation Affected 12.0.0 – 12.0.35; 12.1.0 – 12.1.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Eclipse Jetty - EE9 VendorEclipse Foundation Affected 12.0.0 – 12.0.35; 12.1.0 – 12.1.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Eclipse Jetty VendorEclipse Foundation Affected 9.4.0 – 9.4.62; 10.0.0 – 10.0.30; 11.0.0 – 11.0.30; 12.0.0 – 12.0.35; 12.1.0 – 12.1.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) Vendor— Affected 9.4.0.v20161208 to before 9.4.63 Fixed in 9.4.63 Patch available GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr
- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) Vendor— Affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.31 Fixed in 10.0.31 Patch available GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr
- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) Vendor— Affected 11.0.0 to before 11.0.31 Fixed in 11.0.31 Patch available GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr
- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) Vendor— Affected 12.0.0 to before 12.0.36 Fixed in 12.0.36 Patch available GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr
- org.eclipse.jetty.ee8:jetty-ee8-security (Maven) Vendor— Affected 12.0.0 to before 12.0.36 Fixed in 12.0.36 Patch available GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr
- org.eclipse.jetty.ee9:jetty-ee9-security (Maven) Vendor— Affected 12.0.0 to before 12.0.36 Fixed in 12.0.36 Patch available GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr
- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) Vendor— Affected 12.1.0 to before 12.1.10 Fixed in 12.1.10 Patch available GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr
- org.eclipse.jetty.ee8:jetty-ee8-security (Maven) Vendor— Affected 12.1.0 to before 12.1.10 Fixed in 12.1.10 Patch available GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr
- org.eclipse.jetty.ee9:jetty-ee9-security (Maven) Vendor— Affected 12.1.0 to before 12.1.10 Fixed in 12.1.10 Patch available GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.4.0 to before 9.4.63; 10.0.0 to before 10.0.31; 11.0.0 to before 11.0.31; 12.0.0 to before 12.0.36; 12.1.0 to before 12.1.10 | Vulnerable | Eclipse Foundation |
- cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.4.0 to before 9.4.63; 10.0.0 to before 10.0.31; 11.0.0 to before 11.0.31; 12.0.0 to before 12.0.36; 12.1.0 to before 12.1.10 Vulnerable ·Eclipse Foundation
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) Fixed in 9.4.63 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) Fixed in 10.0.31 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) Fixed in 11.0.31 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) Fixed in 12.0.36 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr org.eclipse.jetty.ee8:jetty-ee8-security (Maven) Fixed in 12.0.36 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr org.eclipse.jetty.ee9:jetty-ee9-security (Maven) Fixed in 12.0.36 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security (Maven) Fixed in 12.1.10 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr org.eclipse.jetty.ee8:jetty-ee8-security (Maven) Fixed in 12.1.10 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr org.eclipse.jetty.ee9:jetty-ee9-security (Maven) Fixed in 12.1.10 Advisory →
Red Hat 17 advisories
- RHSA-2026:88159 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.17 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88158 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.19 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88157 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.20 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
Show 14 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:88156 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.16 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88155 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.21 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.21 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88154 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.22 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.22 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88153 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.18 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88151 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.14 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2026:88152 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.12 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2026:88149 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.13 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2026:88150 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.15 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2026:84734 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 3.4.5 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-ai-gateway-payload-processing-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-automl-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-autorag-rhel9 +47
- RHSA-2026:83612 Released 2026-10-15 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Debezium 3.6.3 release
- Red Hat Build of Debezium 3.6
- RHSA-2026:71675 Released 2026-09-24 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.18.4 for Spring Boot release.
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.4 for Spring Boot 3.5.16
- RHSA-2026:66545 Released 2026-09-10 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat AMQ Broker 7.13.6 release and security update
- Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.13.6
- RHSA-2026:66488 Released 2026-09-10 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat AMQ Broker 7.14.1 release and security update
- Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.14.1
- RHSA-2026:62260 Released 2026-09-01 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.30.0 Release.
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.30 registry.redhat.io/devspaces/code-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/devspaces/configbump-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/devspaces/dashboard-rhel9 +7
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Debezium 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| streams for Apache Kafka 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88152 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88149 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88151 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88150 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88156 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88159 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88153 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88158 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88157 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.21 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88155 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.22 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88154 |
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.13.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:66545 |
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.14.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:66488 |
| Red Hat Build of Debezium 3.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:83612 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:84734 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.30 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:62260 |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.4 for Spring Boot 3.5.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:71675 |
Not affected: 22 products
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.21
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.22
- Red Hat Data Grid 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat Offline Knowledge Portal
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.30
- Red Hat Satellite 6
- Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
- Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3
- streams for Apache Kafka 2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-10050
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: RHSA-2026:83612 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: Red Hat Build of Debezium 3.6 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: RHSA-2026:84734 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88149 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88152 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88150 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88156 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88153 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88154 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88157 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88155 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88151 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88158 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88159 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12, OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13, OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14 +8 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-11-03 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 9
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/120
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/issues/15136
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/15160
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/15183
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/commit/4bcdbc7db387ce9e20e2c7571a7250280466221d
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/commit/d0bb829ccecbf19e3ad3d32f2649b2800f01222d
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/releases/tag/jetty-12.0.36
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/releases/tag/jetty-12.1.10
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Sources
- CVE-2026-10050 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-10050 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-10050 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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