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CVE-2021-28163

LOW
Published 2021-04-01T14:20:13
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CVSS Score

V3.1
2.7
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.403
Higher than 40.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE

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.

Understanding This Vulnerability

This Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entry provides detailed information about a security vulnerability that has been publicly disclosed. CVEs are standardized identifiers assigned by MITRE Corporation to track and catalog security vulnerabilities across software and hardware products.

The severity rating (LOW) indicates the potential impact of this vulnerability based on the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) framework. Higher severity ratings typically indicate vulnerabilities that could lead to more significant security breaches if exploited. Security teams should prioritize remediation efforts based on severity, exploit availability, and the EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score, which predicts the likelihood of exploitation in the wild.

If this vulnerability affects products or systems in your infrastructure, we recommend reviewing the affected products section, checking for available patches or updates from vendors, and implementing recommended workarounds or solutions until a permanent fix is available. Organizations should also monitor security advisories and threat intelligence feeds for updates about active exploitation of this vulnerability.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

References

https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-j6qj-j888-vvgq (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r780c3c210a05c5bf7b4671303f46afc3fe56758e92864e1a5f0590d0%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5b3693da7ecb8a75c0e930b4ca26a5f97aa0207d9dae4aa8cc65fe6b%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd7c8fb305a8637480dc943ba08424c8992dccad018cd1405eb2afe0e%40%3Cdev.ignite.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0841b06b48324cfc81325de3c05a92e53f997185f9d71ff47734d961%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r787e47297a614b05b99d01b04c8a1d6c0cafb480c9cb7c624a6b8fc3%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ac9e263129328c0db9940d72b4a6062e703c58918dd34bd22cdf8dd%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a66bfbf62281e31bc1345ebecbfd96f35199eecd77bfe4e903e906f%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4b1fef117bccc7f5fd4c45fd2cabc26838df823fe5ca94bc42a4fd46%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HAAKW7S66TECXGJZWB3ZFGOQAK34IYHF/ (CNA)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5CXQIJVYU4R3JL6LSPXQ5GIV7WLLA7PI/ (CNA)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGNKXBNRRCZTGGXPIX3VBWCF2SAM3DWS/ (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r111f1ce28b133a8090ca4f809a1bdf18a777426fc058dc3a16c39c66%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2ea2f0541121f17e470a0184843720046c59d4bde6d42bf5ca6fad81%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9974f64723875052e02787b2a5eda689ac5247c71b827d455e5dc9a6%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbc075a4ac85e7a8e47420b7383f16ffa0af3b792b8423584735f369f%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210611-0006/ (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0471252aeb3384c3cfa6d131374646d4641b80dd313e7b476c47a9c%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf36f1114e84a3379b20587063686148e2d5a39abc0b8a66ff2a9087a%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rddbb4f8d5db23265bb63d14ef4b3723b438abc1589f877db11d35450%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67c4f90658fde875521c949448c54c98517beecdc7f618f902c620ec%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a1a332899a1f92c8118b0895b144b27a78e3f25b9d58a34dd5eb084%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbefa055282d52d6b58d29a79fbb0be65ab0a38d25f00bd29eaf5e6fd%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E (CNA)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html (CNA)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (CNA)

EU Vulnerability Database

Monitored by ENISA for EU cybersecurity

EU Coordination

Not EU Coordinated

Exploitation Status

No Known Exploitation

ENISA Analysis

Malicious code in bioql (PyPI)

Affected Products (ENISA)

the eclipse foundation
eclipse jetty

ENISA Scoring

CVSS Score (3.1)

2.7
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score

0.210
probability

ENISA References

https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-j6qj-j888-vvgq
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28163
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210611-0006
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HAAKW7S66TECXGJZWB3ZFGOQAK34IYHF
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GGNKXBNRRCZTGGXPIX3VBWCF2SAM3DWS
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5CXQIJVYU4R3JL6LSPXQ5GIV7WLLA7PI
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf36f1114e84a3379b20587063686148e2d5a39abc0b8a66ff2a9087a@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rddbb4f8d5db23265bb63d14ef4b3723b438abc1589f877db11d35450@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd7c8fb305a8637480dc943ba08424c8992dccad018cd1405eb2afe0e@%3Cdev.ignite.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0471252aeb3384c3cfa6d131374646d4641b80dd313e7b476c47a9c@%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbefa055282d52d6b58d29a79fbb0be65ab0a38d25f00bd29eaf5e6fd@%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbc075a4ac85e7a8e47420b7383f16ffa0af3b792b8423584735f369f@%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9974f64723875052e02787b2a5eda689ac5247c71b827d455e5dc9a6@%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a1a332899a1f92c8118b0895b144b27a78e3f25b9d58a34dd5eb084@%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r787e47297a614b05b99d01b04c8a1d6c0cafb480c9cb7c624a6b8fc3@%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r780c3c210a05c5bf7b4671303f46afc3fe56758e92864e1a5f0590d0@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ac9e263129328c0db9940d72b4a6062e703c58918dd34bd22cdf8dd@%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67c4f90658fde875521c949448c54c98517beecdc7f618f902c620ec@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5b3693da7ecb8a75c0e930b4ca26a5f97aa0207d9dae4aa8cc65fe6b@%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4b1fef117bccc7f5fd4c45fd2cabc26838df823fe5ca94bc42a4fd46@%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a66bfbf62281e31bc1345ebecbfd96f35199eecd77bfe4e903e906f@%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2ea2f0541121f17e470a0184843720046c59d4bde6d42bf5ca6fad81@%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r111f1ce28b133a8090ca4f809a1bdf18a777426fc058dc3a16c39c66@%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0841b06b48324cfc81325de3c05a92e53f997185f9d71ff47734d961@%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28163.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5134
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4767
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3700
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3225
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2689
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1560
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1551
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1509
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6407
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r780c3c210a05c5bf7b4671303f46afc3fe56758e92864e1a5f0590d0%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5b3693da7ecb8a75c0e930b4ca26a5f97aa0207d9dae4aa8cc65fe6b%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd7c8fb305a8637480dc943ba08424c8992dccad018cd1405eb2afe0e%40%3Cdev.ignite.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0841b06b48324cfc81325de3c05a92e53f997185f9d71ff47734d961%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r787e47297a614b05b99d01b04c8a1d6c0cafb480c9cb7c624a6b8fc3%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ac9e263129328c0db9940d72b4a6062e703c58918dd34bd22cdf8dd%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a66bfbf62281e31bc1345ebecbfd96f35199eecd77bfe4e903e906f%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4b1fef117bccc7f5fd4c45fd2cabc26838df823fe5ca94bc42a4fd46%40%3Cissues.ignite.apache.org%3E
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HAAKW7S66TECXGJZWB3ZFGOQAK34IYHF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5CXQIJVYU4R3JL6LSPXQ5GIV7WLLA7PI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGNKXBNRRCZTGGXPIX3VBWCF2SAM3DWS/
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r111f1ce28b133a8090ca4f809a1bdf18a777426fc058dc3a16c39c66%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2ea2f0541121f17e470a0184843720046c59d4bde6d42bf5ca6fad81%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9974f64723875052e02787b2a5eda689ac5247c71b827d455e5dc9a6%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbc075a4ac85e7a8e47420b7383f16ffa0af3b792b8423584735f369f%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210611-0006/
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0471252aeb3384c3cfa6d131374646d4641b80dd313e7b476c47a9c%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf36f1114e84a3379b20587063686148e2d5a39abc0b8a66ff2a9087a%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rddbb4f8d5db23265bb63d14ef4b3723b438abc1589f877db11d35450%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67c4f90658fde875521c949448c54c98517beecdc7f618f902c620ec%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a1a332899a1f92c8118b0895b144b27a78e3f25b9d58a34dd5eb084%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbefa055282d52d6b58d29a79fbb0be65ab0a38d25f00bd29eaf5e6fd%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E

Data provided by ENISA EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated: October 3, 2025

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed LOW

Directory exposure in jetty

GHSA-j6qj-j888-vvgq

Advisory Details

### Impact If the `${jetty.base}` directory or the `${jetty.base}/webapps` directory is a symlink (soft link in Linux), the contents of the `${jetty.base}/webapps` directory may be deployed as a static web application, exposing the content of the directory for download. For example, the problem manifests in the following `${jetty.base}`: ```$ tree demo-base/ demo-base/ ├── etc ├── lib ├── resources ├── start.d ├── deploy │   └── async-rest.war └── webapps -> deploy ``` ### Workarounds Do not use a symlink

Affected Packages

Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-deploy
ECOSYSTEM: ≥9.4.32 <9.4.39
Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-deploy
ECOSYSTEM: ≥10.0.0 <10.0.2
Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-deploy
ECOSYSTEM: ≥11.0.0 <11.0.2

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

2.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: April 6, 2021, Modified: April 22, 2022

References

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