Path traversal in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - CVE-2018-1048

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Path traversal in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - CVE-2018-1048

Published: January 25, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37591
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1048
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

It was found that the AJP connector in undertow, as shipped in Jboss EAP 7.1.0.GA, does not use the ALLOW_ENCODED_SLASH option and thus allow the the slash / anti-slash characters encoded in the url which may lead to path traversal and result in the information disclosure of arbitrary local files.


Affected software

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1048

Install update from vendor's website.

eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 7.1.1-3.1.GA_redhat_3.ep7.el6, 7.1.1-3.1.GA_redhat_3.ep7.el7

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