CVE-2006-2758

jetty: Jetty URL encoded format directory traversal

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · November 18, 2005

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in Jetty. This issue could allow a remote attacker to send a specially-crafted URL request containing hexadecimal URL encoded "dot-dot" sequences (%2e%2e%5c) to traverse directories and view files and folders outside of the web root directory.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')