SCA: security update for org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets (GHSA-gwcr-j4wh-j3cq)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415341

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- For Eclipse Jetty versions <= 9.4.40, <= 10.0.2, <= 11.0.2, it is possible for requests to the
ConcatServlet with a doubly encoded path to access protected resources within the WEB-INF directory. For
example a request to `/concat?/%2557EB-INF/web.xml` can retrieve the web.xml file. This can reveal
sensitive information regarding the implementation of a web application. (CVE-2021-28169)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gwcr-j4wh-j3cq

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 415341

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28169

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28169

cwe: CWE-200