CVE-2006-2758

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in jetty 6.0.x (jetty6) beta16 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2e%2e%5c (encoded ../) in the URL. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2005-3747.

Published: 2006-06-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2758 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.94%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.37% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-2758

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18571 exploit_db edb 2012-03-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2758

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.57% 3.94% +2.37%
2 2026-03-04 2.23% 1.57% -0.66%
3 2026-03-01 — 2.23% —

Full EPSS history (39 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2758

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2758

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2006-2758

GHSA-qmgj-5h75-jr67 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Jetty Directory Traversal Vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2758

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2758
suse medium CVE-2006-2758 severity moderate: SUSE including 8 source package names (jetty-http, jetty-io, …), 89 product×package rows across 12 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, … (12 product lines)): Known Not Affected 89. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2758/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2758

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jetty jetty 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2758

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