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CVE-2016-4800
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-04-13T14:59:01.760 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:48:14.447

Summary

The path normalization mechanism in PathResource class in Eclipse Jetty 9.3.x before 9.3.9 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass protected resource restrictions and other security constraints via a URL with certain escaped characters, related to backslashes.

Affected products

eclipse — jetty

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References

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