# CVE-2024-1459: Undertow: directory traversal vulnerability

Status: published. Published: 2024-02-12. Updated: 2026-11-05.

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.

## Remediation

- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability. (source: CNA: redhat)

## Affected products and versions

-  /  (undertow): ≥ 0; < 2.3.12 (affected, custom). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-activemq-artemis): ≥ 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-apache-cxf): ≥ 0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-eclipse-jgit): ≥ 0:5.13.3.202401111512-1.r_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-elytron-web): ≥ 0:1.9.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-hal-console): ≥ 0:3.3.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-hibernate): ≥ 0:5.3.36-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-infinispan): ≥ 0:11.0.18-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-insights-java-client): ≥ 0:1.1.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-jberet): ≥ 0:1.3.9-3.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-jboss-annotations-api_1.3_spec): ≥ 0:2.0.1-3.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-jboss-cert-helper): ≥ 0:1.1.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-jboss-remoting): ≥ 0:5.0.27-4.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-jboss-server-migration): ≥ 0:1.10.0-35.Final_redhat_00034.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-jboss-xnio-base): ≥ 0:3.8.12-1.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-jgroups-kubernetes): ≥ 0:1.0.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-lucene-solr): ≥ 0:5.5.5-6.redhat_2.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-undertow): ≥ 0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-wildfly): ≥ 0:7.4.16-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 (eap7-wildfly-elytron): ≥ 0:1.15.22-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-activemq-artemis): ≥ 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-apache-cxf): ≥ 0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-eclipse-jgit): ≥ 0:5.13.3.202401111512-1.r_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-elytron-web): ≥ 0:1.9.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-hal-console): ≥ 0:3.3.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-hibernate): ≥ 0:5.3.36-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-infinispan): ≥ 0:11.0.18-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-insights-java-client): ≥ 0:1.1.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-jberet): ≥ 0:1.3.9-3.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-jboss-annotations-api_1.3_spec): ≥ 0:2.0.1-3.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-jboss-cert-helper): ≥ 0:1.1.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-jboss-remoting): ≥ 0:5.0.27-4.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-jboss-server-migration): ≥ 0:1.10.0-35.Final_redhat_00034.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-jboss-xnio-base): ≥ 0:3.8.12-1.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-jgroups-kubernetes): ≥ 0:1.0.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-lucene-solr): ≥ 0:5.5.5-6.redhat_2.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-undertow): ≥ 0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-wildfly): ≥ 0:7.4.16-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 (eap7-wildfly-elytron): ≥ 0:1.15.22-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-activemq-artemis): ≥ 0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-apache-cxf): ≥ 0:3.4.10-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-eclipse-jgit): ≥ 0:5.13.3.202401111512-1.r_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-elytron-web): ≥ 0:1.9.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-hal-console): ≥ 0:3.3.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-hibernate): ≥ 0:5.3.36-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-infinispan): ≥ 0:11.0.18-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-insights-java-client): ≥ 0:1.1.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-jberet): ≥ 0:1.3.9-3.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-jboss-annotations-api_1.3_spec): ≥ 0:2.0.1-3.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-jboss-cert-helper): ≥ 0:1.1.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-jboss-remoting): ≥ 0:5.0.27-4.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-jboss-server-migration): ≥ 0:1.10.0-35.Final_redhat_00034.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-jboss-xnio-base): ≥ 0:3.8.12-1.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-jgroups-kubernetes): ≥ 0:1.0.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-lucene-solr): ≥ 0:5.5.5-6.redhat_2.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-undertow): ≥ 0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-wildfly): ≥ 0:7.4.16-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 (eap7-wildfly-elytron): ≥ 0:1.15.22-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8: Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 for RHEL 8 (eap8-undertow): ≥ 0:2.3.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 for RHEL 9 (eap8-undertow): ≥ 0:2.3.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat build of Quarkus (quarkus-undertow): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Data Grid 8 (undertow): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Decision Manager 7 (undertow): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Fuse 7 (undertow): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 (undertow): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 (undertow): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Process Automation 7 (undertow): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 (undertow): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 5.3 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N; source: CNA: redhat

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 1.71% as of 2026-11-04; percentile 77.46%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-24

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1674 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1675 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1676 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2763 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2764 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1459 (CNA: redhat; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259475 (CNA: redhat; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1677 (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2763 (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2764 (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1459 (ADP: CVE; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259475 (ADP: CVE; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241122-0008/ (ADP: CVE)

## Provenance

- CNA: redhat: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1459; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-05

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-1459; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated Not reported

Revision: 8adc35de2c58a0d1e4092cc6df66afb2c522c712d0cecaff8344cddf93753ca9

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