CVE-2024-1459: Path Traversal: '../filedir'
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.
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Technical Summary
A path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2024-1459) was identified in Undertow, a web server component of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7. This vulnerability permits remote attackers to append specially crafted sequences to HTTP requests, potentially enabling unauthorized access to restricted files and directories. The issue affects JBoss EAP 7.4 versions prior to 7.4.16. Red Hat's security advisories RHSA-2024:1674 and RHSA-2024:1675 detail the fixes included in JBoss EAP 7.4.16 for RHEL 7 and 8 respectively, which upgrade Undertow and related components to remediate this and other vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform path traversal attacks via crafted HTTP requests, potentially gaining unauthorized read access to sensitive files and directories within the affected JBoss EAP deployments. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 reflects a medium impact with low complexity and no privileges or user interaction required. There is no indication of known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8 that address CVE-2024-1459. Users should apply these updates promptly. Before updating, ensure all previous errata are applied and back up existing installations, including applications and configurations. Refer to Red Hat's official update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
CVE-2024-1459: Path Traversal: '../filedir'
Description
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
A path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2024-1459) was identified in Undertow, a web server component of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7. This vulnerability permits remote attackers to append specially crafted sequences to HTTP requests, potentially enabling unauthorized access to restricted files and directories. The issue affects JBoss EAP 7.4 versions prior to 7.4.16. Red Hat's security advisories RHSA-2024:1674 and RHSA-2024:1675 detail the fixes included in JBoss EAP 7.4.16 for RHEL 7 and 8 respectively, which upgrade Undertow and related components to remediate this and other vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform path traversal attacks via crafted HTTP requests, potentially gaining unauthorized read access to sensitive files and directories within the affected JBoss EAP deployments. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 reflects a medium impact with low complexity and no privileges or user interaction required. There is no indication of known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8 that address CVE-2024-1459. Users should apply these updates promptly. Before updating, ensure all previous errata are applied and back up existing installations, including applications and configurations. Refer to Red Hat's official update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2024-02-12T20:12:13.991Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1674","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1675","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1676","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2763","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2764","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1459","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1677","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 68e8557cba0e608b4fb1eeec
Added to database: 10/10/2025, 00:38:20 UTC
Last enriched: 08/05/2026, 13:29:48 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:47 UTC
Views: 458
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