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Fencer Vulns
high 8.7

CVE-2026-28368 json

Undertow: undertow: request smuggling via inconsistent header parsing

published 2026-03-27 7 mo ago modified 2026-11-04 4 d ago also GHSA-8v4x-mgvp-p658 , EUVD-2026-16696

cvss
8.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in Undertow. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to construct specially crafted requests where header names are parsed differently by Undertow compared to upstream proxies. This discrepancy in header interpretation can be exploited to launch request smuggling attacks, potentially bypassing security controls and accessing unauthorized resources.

Patch / fix

  • maven io.undertow:undertow-core 2.2.40.Final, 2.3.25.Final
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.6 2.3.24.SP2-redhat-00001
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 8 0:2.3.24-3.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:2.40.0-7.redhat_00015.1.el8eap, 0:8.1.6-7.GA_redhat_00010.1.el8eap, 0:801.6.1-1.GA_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 9 0:2.3.24-3.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:2.40.0-7.redhat_00015.1.el9eap, 0:8.1.6-7.GA_redhat_00010.1.el9eap, 0:801.6.1-1.GA_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap8-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 8.1.6-7.GA_redhat_00010.1.el8eap
  • eap8-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 8.1.6-7.GA_redhat_00010.1.el9eap
  • eap8-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 2.3.24-3.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap8-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 2.3.24-3.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap8-wildfly-modules jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 8.1.6-7.GA_redhat_00010.1.el8eap
  • eap8-wildfly-modules jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 8.1.6-7.GA_redhat_00010.1.el9eap
  • eap8-activemq-artemis jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 2.40.0-7.redhat_00015.1.el8eap
  • eap8-activemq-artemis jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 2.40.0-7.redhat_00015.1.el9eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:25125

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-28368 updated cvss 8.7

undertow: Undertow: Request smuggling via inconsistent header parsing

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 undertow-core
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Data Grid 8 undertow-core
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 resteasy, pki-resteasy-core, pki-resteasy-client, pki-resteasy-jackson2-provider, pki-resteasy-servlet-initializer
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 undertow-core Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 undertow-core
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 undertow-core, org.jberet-jberet-parent Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack org.jberet-jberet-parent, org.jboss.eap-jboss-eap-xp
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7 undertow-core
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 undertow-core
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 for RHEL 8 eap8-wildfly 8.1.6-7.GA_redhat_00010.1.el8eap, eap8-undertow 2.3.24-3.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap8-activemq-artemis 2.40.0-7.redhat_00015.1.el8eap, eap8-wildfly-modules 8.1.6-7.GA_redhat_00010.1.el8eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-cli 2.40.0-7.redhat_00015.1.el8eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-dto 2.40.0-7.redhat_00015.1.el8eap, +16 more Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 for RHEL 9 eap8-wildfly 8.1.6-7.GA_redhat_00010.1.el9eap, eap8-undertow 2.3.24-3.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap8-activemq-artemis 2.40.0-7.redhat_00015.1.el9eap, eap8-wildfly-modules 8.1.6-7.GA_redhat_00010.1.el9eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-cli 2.40.0-7.redhat_00015.1.el9eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-dto 2.40.0-7.redhat_00015.1.el9eap, +16 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:25125
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  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.6 undertow-core 2.3.24.SP2-redhat-00001
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:25126
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 undertow-core
    not affected: vulnerable code not in execute path
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 resteasy, resteasy-javadoc Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 moditect Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.6 pom.xml, aesh 2.4, c3 0.6.4, d3 7.4.3, he 1.2.0, lr 1.4.2, +1868 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack undertow-core
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
7 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
GitHub 3.1 8.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven io.undertow:undertow-core
<2.2.40.Final
>=2.3.0.Final, <2.3.25.Final
2.2.40.Final
2.3.25.Final

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.6
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4
  • Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Fuse 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
  • Red Hat Red Hat Process Automation 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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