CVE-2020-27216: Local Temp Directory Hijacking Vulnerability

CVE-2020-27216 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2020-11-04

Local Temp Directory Hijacking Vulnerability

Technologies: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2020-27216 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2020-27216 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2020-27216?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 4 November 2020.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=9.4.33.v20201020; org.mortbay.jetty:jetty-webapp (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=9.4.33.
Is there a fix for CVE-2020-27216?
Yes. org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp (Maven): upgrade to 9.4.33.v20201020 or later; org.mortbay.jetty:jetty-webapp (Maven): upgrade to 9.4.33 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2020-27216?
Check whether you run org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp (Maven) or org.mortbay.jetty:jetty-webapp (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp (Maven): upgrade to 9.4.33.v20201020 or later
    # set org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp to 9.4.33.v20201020 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • org.mortbay.jetty:jetty-webapp (Maven): upgrade to 9.4.33 or later
    # set org.mortbay.jetty:jetty-webapp to 9.4.33 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=9.4.33.v20201020
  • org.mortbay.jetty:jetty-webapp (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=9.4.33

Identifiers

  • CVE-2020-27216
  • GHSA-g3wg-6mcf-8jj6

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