CVE-2024-8646 Eclipse Glassfish: URL redirection vulnerability to untrusted sites

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Attackers can redirect users to untrusted sites via open redirect in Eclipse GlassFish applications deployed to the root context.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-8646?

CVE-2024-8646 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Glassfish, published on 11 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In Eclipse Glassfish versions prior to 7.0.10, a URL redirection vulnerability to untrusted sites existed. This vulnerability is caused by the vulnerability (CVE-2023-41080) in the Apache code included in GlassFish. This vulnerability only affects applications that are explicitly deployed to the root context ('/').

Weakness: CWE-601

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8646?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.glassfish.main.web:web-core. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.glassfish.main.web:web-core MavenAll versions7.0.10
org.glassfish.main.web:web-core MavenAll versions7.0.10

Products include Eclipse Glassfish.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8646?

Upgrade org.glassfish.main.web:web-core to 7.0.10 or later.

Is CVE-2024-8646 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8646 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7gq2-vwq9-w8vw.

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