# CVE-2024-1459: Undertow: directory traversal vulnerability

> A path traversal flaw in Undertow allows remote attackers to access restricted files and directories on JBoss EAP servers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-1459, GHSA-v76w-3ph8-vm66, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-1459

## What is CVE-2024-1459?

CVE-2024-1459 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Red Hat Data Grid 8, published on 12 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-24 (Path Traversal: '../filedir')

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1459?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including io.undertow:undertow-core. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `io.undertow:undertow-core` | Maven | All versions | 2.2.31.Final |
| `io.undertow:undertow-core` | Maven | All versions | 2.2.31.Final |
| `io.undertow:undertow-core` | Maven | From 2.3.0.Alpha1 | 2.3.12.Final |
| `io.undertow:undertow-core` | Maven | From 2.3.0.Alpha1 | 2.3.12.Final |

Products: Redhat Undertow.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1459?

Upgrade io.undertow:undertow-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.2.31.Final or 2.3.12.Final.

## Is CVE-2024-1459 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1459 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat Data Grid 8

- [CVE-2020-1745](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1745/): Improper Authorization in Undertoe (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2018-1114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1114/): Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Undertow (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2017-7559](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7559/): Undertow vulnerable to Request Smuggling (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2014-7816](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7816/): Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in JBoss Undertow (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1459 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1459 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Red Hat Data Grid 8, published on 12 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1459 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 2.2.31.Final
- io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 2.2.31.Final
- io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven): affected from 2.3.0.Alpha1; fixed in 2.3.12.Final
- io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven): affected from 2.3.0.Alpha1; fixed in 2.3.12.Final

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1459/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1459/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1459
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1459
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1459

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.