# CVE-2018-1048: 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 allo

- Also known as: GHSA-PRFW-3QX6-G9XR
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.1.1.GA
- Published: 2018-01-24 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Red Hat, Inc. undertow as shipped in Jboss EAP 7.1.0.GA: 7.1.0.GA
- org.jboss.eap:wildfly-undertow (Maven): from 7.1.0.GA, fixed in 7.1.1.GA

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat, Inc. undertow as shipped in Jboss EAP 7.1.0.GA, org.jboss.eap:wildfly-undertow, upgrade to a fixed version (7.1.1.GA) per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0479
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0481
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0480
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0478
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1534343

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