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CVE-2023-36479

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-36479 is a low-severity vulnerability affecting Eclipse Jetty's CgiServlet, specifically versions prior to 9.4.52, 10.0.16, 11.0.16, and 12.0.0-beta2. It allows for incorrect command execution if a user-supplied binary name containing a quote followed by a space is processed by the CgiServlet, potentially leading to unintended commands being run. The CVSS score is 3.1 (LOW), indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity and low impact on integrity, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 9.0.0, < 9.4.52CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.0.0, < 10.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.0.0, < 11.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:12.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:12.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.5LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0101 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 1,638 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (20)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servletsFixed in: 9.4.52
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servletsFixed in: 10.0.16
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servletsFixed in: 11.0.16
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.eclipse.jetty.ee10:jetty-ee10-servletsFixed in: 12.0.0-beta2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.eclipse.jetty.ee9:jetty-ee9-servletsFixed in: 12.0.0-beta2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.eclipse.jetty.ee8:jetty-ee8-servletsFixed in: 12.0.0-beta2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Migration Toolkit for Runtimes 1 on RHEL 8Fixed in: mtr/mtr-operator-bundle:1.2-23
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Migration Toolkit for Runtimes 1 on RHEL 8Fixed in: mtr/mtr-rhel8-operator:1.2-15
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Migration Toolkit for Runtimes 1 on RHEL 8Fixed in: mtr/mtr-web-container-rhel8:1.2-16
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Migration Toolkit for Runtimes 1 on RHEL 8Fixed in: mtr/mtr-web-executor-container-rhel8:1.2-14
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MTA-6.2-RHEL-9Fixed in: mta/mta-windup-addon-rhel9:6.2.3-2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.12.1Fixed in: jetty-servlets
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.13.0Fixed in: jetty-servlets
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8Fixed in: candlepin-0:4.3.11-1.el8sat
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8Fixed in: puppetserver-0:7.14.0-1.el8sat
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift ServerlessFixed in: org.kie.kogito-kogito-apps
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: jetty
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-metering-hive
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: streams for Apache KafkaFixed in: jetty

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2023-36479Low

jetty: Improper addition of quotation marks to user inputs in CgiServlet

Sep 19, 2023
mavenGHSA-3gh6-v5v9-6v9jlow

Jetty vulnerable to errant command quoting in CGI Servlet

Sep 14, 2023

References

github.com / eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9516
Patch
github.com / eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9888
Patch
github.com / eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9889
Patch
github.com / eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-3gh6-v5v9-6v9j
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00039.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5507
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory