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CVE-2018-1047 json

Improper Input Validation in org.wildfly:wildfly-undertow

published 2018-01-24 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-fmr4-w67p-vh8x , EUVD-2018-0593

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in Wildfly 9.x. A path traversal vulnerability through the org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.ServletResourceManager.getResource method could lead to information disclosure of arbitrary local files.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.wildfly:wildfly-undertow 12.0.0
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.1.2-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el6
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 7.1.2-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.1.2-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el6
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 7.1.2-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-jgroups jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 3.6.14-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 7.1.2-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 1.4.18-5.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-hibernate jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 5.1.13-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1249RHSA-2018:1247RHSA-2018:1248

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1047 updated cvss 8.6

undertow: Path traversal in ServletResourceManager class

  • Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio 10 wildfly-undertow wildfly-undertow
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 undertow undertow
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 undertow undertow
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2 undertow undertow Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes undertow undertow
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1251
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wildfly 7.1.2-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-undertow 1.4.18-5.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap 7.1.2-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el6, eap7-jgroups 3.6.14-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-picketbox 5.0.3-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-weld-core 2.4.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, +83 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1248
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.1.2-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-undertow 1.4.18-5.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap 7.1.2-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el7, eap7-jgroups 3.6.14-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-picketbox 5.0.3-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-weld-core 2.4.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, +83 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1249
  • Red Hat Text-Only RHOAR
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2938
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  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 wildfly-undertow wildfly-undertow Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 wildfly wildfly, wildfly-undertow wildfly-undertow
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.wildfly:wildfly-undertow
<12.0.0
12.0.0

Affected products

  • Red Hat, Inc. Wildfly

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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