How severe is GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66?

GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 has a CVSS score of 5.3/10, rated MEDIUM. Review your exposure and patch according to your risk tolerance.

Which packages are affected by GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66?

GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 affects the following packages: io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven), io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven). Ecosystems affected: Maven.

How do I fix GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66?

Update io.undertow:undertow-core to 2.2.31.Final or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 in my Maven dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for io.undertow:undertow-core, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.

Is GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66?

GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 1.7%, placing it in the 78th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

What type of vulnerability is GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66?

GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 is classified as CWE-24 (CWE-24). This weakness type describe the underlying flaw category, which helps determine the potential impact and the right class of mitigation.

When was GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 published, and has it been updated?

GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 was published on February 12, 2024 and was last updated on November 22, 2024. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

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MEDIUM severity

Undertow Path Traversal vulnerabilityGHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66

MEDIUMFix: undertow-io/undertow#1556

GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-24 vulnerability in io.undertow:undertow-core. A fix is available for io.undertow:undertow-core — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Also known asCVE-2024-1459

Published

Feb 12, 2024

Updated

Nov 22, 2024

Affected

2 pkgs

Patched

2 / 2

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Nov 10, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

1.7%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk0.00%

Lower risk than most CVEs78th percentile — riskier than 78% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected

☕io.undertow:undertow-core☕io.undertow:undertow-core

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

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.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
☕Maven	`io.undertow:undertow-core`	all versions	2.2.31.Final`io.undertow:undertow-core:2.2.31.Final`
☕Maven	`io.undertow:undertow-core`	≥ 2.3.0.Alpha1&&< 2.3.12.Final	2.3.12.Final`io.undertow:undertow-core:2.3.12.Final`

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations

Application

undertowredhat

all

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for io.undertow:undertow-core, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update io.undertow:undertow-core to 2.2.31.Final or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.

Fixing This On Your OS

If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.

Red HatModerate

Workaround published by Red Hat

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Source: Red Hat security advisory for GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66 (CC BY 4.0)

Product	Fixed in	Advisory
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	`eap7-activemq-artemis-0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el8eap`	RHSA-2024:1675
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	`eap7-activemq-artemis-0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el9eap`	RHSA-2024:1676
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	`eap7-activemq-artemis-0:2.16.0-18.redhat_00052.1.el7eap`	RHSA-2024:1674
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8	see advisory	RHSA-2024:2763
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 for RHEL 8	`eap8-undertow-0:2.3.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap`	RHSA-2024:2764

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