Medium severity · published Apr 18, 2023
CVE-2023-26049
Jetty is a java based web server and servlet engine
5.3
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Jetty is a java based web server and servlet engine. Nonstandard cookie parsing in Jetty may allow an attacker to smuggle cookies within other cookies, or otherwise perform unintended behavior by tampering with the cookie parsing mechanism. If Jetty sees a cookie VALUE that starts with `"` (double quote), it will continue to read the cookie string until it sees a closing quote -- even if a semicolon is encountered. So, a cookie header such as: `DISPLAY_LANGUAGE="b; JSESSIONID=1337; c=d"` will be parsed as one cookie, with the name DISPLAY_LANGUAGE and a value of b; JSESSIONID=1337; c=d instead of 3 separate cookies. This has security implications because if, say, JSESSIONID is an HttpOnly cookie, and the DISPLAY_LANGUAGE cookie value is rendered on the page, an attacker can smuggle the JSESSIONID cookie into the DISPLAY_LANGUAGE cookie and thereby exfiltrate it. This is significant when an intermediary is enacting some policy based on cookies, so a smuggled cookie can bypass that policy yet still be seen by the Jetty server or its logging system. This issue has been addressed in versions 9.4.51, 10.0.14, 11.0.14, and 12.0.0.beta0 and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
ES
E-series Santricity OS Controller · Netapp
11.0 and later · source: NVD
ES
E-series Santricity Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
ES
E-series Santricity Web Services · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
JE
Jetty · Eclipse
before 9.4.51; 10.0.0 before 10.0.14; 11.0.0 before 11.0.14; 12.0.0; 12.0.0; 12.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26049
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26049
Patch
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9339
Patch
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9352
Patch
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-p26g-97m4-6q7c
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00039.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230526-0001/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5507
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