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HTTP request smuggling in Undertow

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 16, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

maven io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 2.1.0, < 2.1.6
< 2.0.34

Patched versions

2.1.6
2.0.34

Description

A flaw was found in Undertow. A regression in the fix for CVE-2020-10687 was found. HTTP request smuggling related to CVE-2017-2666 is possible against HTTP/1.x and HTTP/2 due to permitting invalid characters in an HTTP request. This flaw allows an attacker to poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack, or obtain sensitive information from request other than their own. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 23, 2021
Reviewed Mar 31, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 16, 2021
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

0.090%
(39th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-20220

GHSA ID

GHSA-qjwc-v72v-fq6r

Source code

No known source code
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