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CVE-2006-6969

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6969 describes a vulnerability in Jetty versions prior to 4.2.27, 5.1.12, 6.0.2, and 6.1.0pre3, where predictable session identifiers are generated using java.util.Random. This flaw allows remote attackers to guess session IDs through brute-force, potentially bypassing authentication and enabling cross-site request forgery. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0156 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-serverFixed in: 4.2.27
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-serverFixed in: 5.1.12
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-serverFixed in: 6.0.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-serverFixed in: 6.1.0pre3

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-jg2x-r643-w2chmedium

Jetty Uses Predictable Session Identifiers

May 1, 2022
redhatCVE-2006-6969Low

jetty: session identifiers session hijacking

Nov 22, 2006

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2007-02/0070.html
fisheye.codehaus.org / changelog/jetty
osvdb.org / 33108
secunia.com / advisories/24070
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/32240
securityfocus.com / archive/1/459164/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/22405
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0497