CVE-2024-1459 | Undertow: directory traversal vulnerability

A path traversal vulnerability was found in Undertow. This issue may allow a remote attacker to append a specially-crafted sequence to an HTTP request for an application deployed to JBoss EAP, which may permit access to privileged or restricted files and directories.

Published: 2024-02-12 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-1459 is rated Moderate Risk (42.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.71%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-1459

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 10.10% 1.71% -8.39%
2 2026-03-08 7.97% 10.10% +2.13%
3 2026-03-04 — 7.97% —

Full EPSS history (49 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-1459

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-1459

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-1459

GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Undertow Path Traversal vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-1459

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-1459 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (undertow), 2 status rows across 2 suites (forky, sid): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-1459
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1459
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-1459 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (undertow), 11 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, DNE 2, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-1459

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-1459

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat undertow — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:undertow:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-1459

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