mediumREV. 01

CVE-2021-34429Eclipse Jetty — Encoded Paths Reach Protected Application Files

Jetty lets certain encoded addresses reach the protected part of a deployed application, exposing configuration and class files that were never meant to be served.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade Jetty past the affected 9.4, 10.0 and 11.0 builds, and review what the protected directory held.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
5.3/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
99%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Not listed
CVE published
2021-07-15
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
discovery
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190, T1083
Severity
medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attacker needsNetwork access to the server

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh
mitre_attacknvd.nist.gov2026-09-20humanhigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2021-34429 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07