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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-28163 Detail

Description

In Eclipse Jetty 9.4.32 to 9.4.38, 10.0.0.beta2 to 10.0.1, and 11.0.0.beta2 to 11.0.1, if a user uses a webapps directory that is a symlink, the contents of the webapps directory is deployed as a static webapp, inadvertently serving the webapps themselves and anything else that might be in that directory.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-j6qj-j888-vvgq CVE, Eclipse Foundation Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0841b06b48324cfc81325de3c05a92e53f997185f9d71ff47734d961%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r111f1ce28b133a8090ca4f809a1bdf18a777426fc058dc3a16c39c66%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2ea2f0541121f17e470a0184843720046c59d4bde6d42bf5ca6fad81%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a66bfbf62281e31bc1345ebecbfd96f35199eecd77bfe4e903e906f%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4b1fef117bccc7f5fd4c45fd2cabc26838df823fe5ca94bc42a4fd46%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5b3693da7ecb8a75c0e930b4ca26a5f97aa0207d9dae4aa8cc65fe6b%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67c4f90658fde875521c949448c54c98517beecdc7f618f902c620ec%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ac9e263129328c0db9940d72b4a6062e703c58918dd34bd22cdf8dd%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r780c3c210a05c5bf7b4671303f46afc3fe56758e92864e1a5f0590d0%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r787e47297a614b05b99d01b04c8a1d6c0cafb480c9cb7c624a6b8fc3%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a1a332899a1f92c8118b0895b144b27a78e3f25b9d58a34dd5eb084%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9974f64723875052e02787b2a5eda689ac5247c71b827d455e5dc9a6%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbc075a4ac85e7a8e47420b7383f16ffa0af3b792b8423584735f369f%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbefa055282d52d6b58d29a79fbb0be65ab0a38d25f00bd29eaf5e6fd%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0471252aeb3384c3cfa6d131374646d4641b80dd313e7b476c47a9c%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd7c8fb305a8637480dc943ba08424c8992dccad018cd1405eb2afe0e%40%3Cdev.ignite.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rddbb4f8d5db23265bb63d14ef4b3723b438abc1589f877db11d35450%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf36f1114e84a3379b20587063686148e2d5a39abc0b8a66ff2a9087a%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5CXQIJVYU4R3JL6LSPXQ5GIV7WLLA7PI/ CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGNKXBNRRCZTGGXPIX3VBWCF2SAM3DWS/ CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HAAKW7S66TECXGJZWB3ZFGOQAK34IYHF/ CVE, Eclipse Foundation
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210611-0006/ CVE, Eclipse Foundation Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html CVE, Eclipse Foundation Not Applicable  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html CVE, Eclipse Foundation Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html CVE, Eclipse Foundation Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Eclipse Foundation  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-28163
NVD Published Date:
04/01/2021
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Eclipse Foundation