Critical severity · published Mar 27, 2026
CVE-2026-28368
Undertow: undertow: request smuggling via inconsistent header parsing
9.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in Undertow. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to construct specially crafted requests where header names are parsed differently by Undertow compared to upstream proxies. This discrepancy in header interpretation can be exploited to launch request smuggling attacks, potentially bypassing security controls and accessing unauthorized resources.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Data Grid 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Fuse 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Process Automation 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
Affected product
RH
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28368
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28368
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25125
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25126
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28368
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443261
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