GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-p26g-97m4-6q7c Eclipse Jetty's cookie parsing of quoted values can exfiltrate values from other cookies

LOW Published 2023-04-18 Modified 2023-04-18 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-26049
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200
Reviewed
2023-04-18

Affected packages

• Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server: < 9.4.51.v20230217 → fixed in 9.4.51.v20230217 • Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server: >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.14 → fixed in 10.0.14 • Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server: >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.14 → fixed in 11.0.14 • Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server: >= 12.0.0alpha0, < 12.0.0.beta0 → fixed in 12.0.0.beta0

Description

Nonstandard cookie parsing in Jetty may allow an attacker to smuggle cookies within other cookies, or otherwise perform unintended behavior by tampering with the cookie parsing mechanism. If Jetty sees a cookie VALUE that starts with `"` (double quote), it will continue to read the cookie string until it sees a closing quote -- even if a semicolon is encountered. So, a cookie header such as: `DISPLAY_LANGUAGE="b; JSESSIONID=1337; c=d"` will be parsed as one cookie, with the name `DISPLAY_LANGUAGE` and a value of `b; JSESSIONID=1337; c=d` instead of 3 separate cookies. Impact This has security implications because if, say, `JSESSIONID` is an `HttpOnly` cookie, and the `DISPLAY_LANGUAGE` cookie value is rendered on the page, an attacker can smuggle the `JSESSIONID` cookie into the `DISPLAY_LANGUAGE` cookie and thereby exfiltrate it. This is significant when an intermediary is enacting some policy based on cookies, so a smuggled cookie can bypass that policy yet still be seen by the Jetty server. Patches • 9.4.51.v20230217 - via PR #9352 • 10.0.15 - via PR #9339 • 11.0.15 - via PR #9339 Workarounds No workarounds References • https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2965 • https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6265

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-26049 Jetty is a java based web server and servlet engine. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References