CVE-2026-76184VulnerabilityPublished 15 Oct 2026Updated 28 Oct 2026

In Eclipse Jetty, HttpClient may receive a redirect of the form: /secure/../evil If an attacker is able to control the

Affects jettySource GCVE Database

Authoritative record:CVE-2026-76184· High 8.2

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.2 High.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 01:43 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

8.2High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: High
Attack Requirements: None
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Vulnerable system confidentiality: High
Vulnerable system integrity: None
Vulnerable system availability: None
Subsequent system confidentiality: None
Subsequent system integrity: None
Subsequent system availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable system is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed “remotely exploitable” and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: High: The successful attack depends on the evasion or circumvention of security-enhancing techniques in place that would otherwise hinder the attack. These include: Evasion of exploit mitigation techniques, for example, circumvention of address space randomization (ASLR) or data execution prevention (DEP) must be performed for the attack to be successful; Obtaining target-specific secrets. The attacker must gather some target-specific secret before the attack can be successful. A secret is any piece of information that cannot be obtained through any amount of reconnaissance. To obtain the secret the attacker must perform additional attacks or break otherwise secure measures (e.g. knowledge of a secret key may be needed to break a crypto channel). This operation must be performed for each attacked target.
Attack Requirements: None: The successful attack does not depend on the deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system. The attacker can expect to be able to reach the vulnerability and execute the exploit under all or most instances of the vulnerability.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files of the vulnerable system to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without interaction from any human user, other than the attacker.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: High: There is a total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all information within the Vulnerable System being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact. For example, an attacker steals the administrator's password, or private encryption keys of a web server.
Vulnerable system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Subsequent System or all confidentiality impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Subsequent System or all integrity impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 15 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTSjetty`pkg:deb/ubuntu/jetty?arch=source&distro=xenial`Other threats	Affected =6.1.26-5 =6.1.26-5ubuntu0.1	Fixed in–
Ubuntu 14.04 LTSjetty`pkg:deb/ubuntu/jetty?arch=source&distro=trusty`Other threats	Affected =6.1.26-1ubuntu1 =6.1.26-1ubuntu1.1 =6.1.26-1ubuntu1.2	Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, avoid using HttpClient in scenarios where redirects can be attacker-controlled or restrict redirect handling to trusted URLs only.

Description

Eclipse Jetty HttpClient has a vulnerability where it improperly handles redirects containing path traversal sequences such as '/secure/../evil'. This causes the client to send authentication credentials intended for '/secure' to the redirected path '/evil' without normalizing the path. Exploitation requires the attacker to control redirects and have a malicious application on the same domain as the target.

Impact

An attacker who can control redirects and deploy a malicious application on the same domain can trick HttpClient into sending sensitive Authorization headers to unintended endpoints. This may lead to unauthorized access or credential leakage within the affected environment.

Summary

The vulnerability in Eclipse Jetty's HttpClient involves improper normalization of redirect URLs containing path traversal elements. When receiving a redirect like '/secure/../evil', HttpClient matches authentication credentials against the original '/secure' path instead of the normalized '/evil' path. Consequently, the client sends the Authorization header to the redirected location, potentially exposing credentials to an attacker-controlled endpoint on the same domain. This flaw affects specific Jetty versions listed and has a CVSS 4.0 score of 8.2, indicating high severity.

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