CVE-2021-28163: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

April 1, 2021 (updated November 7, 2023)

In Eclipse Jetty, if a user uses a webapps directory that is a symlink, the contents of the webapps directory is deployed as a static webapp, inadvertently serving the webapps themselves and anything else that might be in that directory.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28163

Code Behaviors & Features

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