Description

Jetty is a Java based web server and servlet engine. Versions 9.4.21 through 9.4.51, 10.0.15, and 11.0.15 are vulnerable to weak authentication. If a Jetty `OpenIdAuthenticator` uses the optional nested `LoginService`, and that `LoginService` decides to revoke an already authenticated user, then the current request will still treat the user as authenticated. The authentication is then cleared from the session and subsequent requests will not be treated as authenticated. So a request on a previously authenticated session could be allowed to bypass authentication after it had been rejected by the `LoginService`. This impacts usages of the jetty-openid which have configured a nested `LoginService` and where that `LoginService` will is capable of rejecting previously authenticated users. Versions 9.4.52, 10.0.16, and 11.0.16 have a patch for this issue.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-41900

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 3.5

Affected Products

Vendor: eclipse

Product: jetty.project

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.17% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 54.14% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-pwh8-58vv-vw48
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9528
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9660
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5507
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0004/

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