CVE-2018-12538

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.0 through 9.4.8, when using the optional Jetty provided FileSessionDataStore for persistent storage of HttpSession details, it is possible for a malicious user to access/hijack other HttpSessions and even delete unmatched HttpSessions present in the FileSystem's storage for the FileSessionDataStore.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-6 CWE-384

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jun 22, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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