CVE-2023-41900 | Jetty's OpenId Revoked authentication allows one request

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Jetty is a Java based web server and servlet engine. Versions 9.4.21 through 9.4.51, 10.0.15, and 11.0.15 are vulnerable to weak authentication. If a Jetty `OpenIdAuthenticator` uses the optional nested `LoginService`, and that `LoginService` decides to revoke an already authenticated user, then the current request will still treat the user as authenticated. The authentication is then cleared from the session and subsequent requests will not be treated as authenticated. So a request on a previously authenticated session could be allowed to bypass authentication after it had been rejected by the `LoginService`. This impacts usages of the jetty-openid which have configured a nested `LoginService` and where that `LoginService` will is capable of rejecting previously authenticated users. Versions 9.4.52, 10.0.16, and 11.0.16 have a patch for this issue.

Published: 2023-09-15 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-41900 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-41900

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-41900

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 2026-05-03 0.19% 0.14% -0.05%
2 2026-05-02 0.13% 0.19% +0.06%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.13% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-41900

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 1.4 [email protected]
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-41900

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-41900

GHSA-pwh8-58vv-vw48 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: maven — Jetty's OpenId Revoked authentication allows one request

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-41900

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-41900 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (jetty9), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-41900
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-41900
suse low CVE-2023-41900 severity low: SUSE including 58 source package names (jetty-annotations-9.4.53-1.1, jetty-annotations-9.4.53-150200.3.22.1, …), 234 product×package rows across 21 product lines (Image server-image, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, … (21 product lines)): Fixed 234. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-41900/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-41900 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jetty9), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needed 4, not-affected 4, ignored 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-41900

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-41900

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eclipse jetty >= 9.4.21, < 9.4.52 cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eclipse jetty >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eclipse jetty >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-41900

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