CVE-2021-43795

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.69% (77th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
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3 products
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4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Armeria is an open source microservice framework. In affected versions an attacker can access an Armeria server's local file system beyond its restricted directory by sending an HTTP request whose path contains `%2F` (encoded `/`), such as `/files/..%2Fsecrets.txt`, bypassing Armeria's path validation logic. Armeria 1.13.4 or above contains the hardened path validation logic that handles `%2F` properly. This vulnerability can be worked around by inserting a decorator that performs an additional validation on the request path.

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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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advisories (1)

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  • GHSA-8fp4-rp6c-5gcvPath Traversal in com.linecorp.armeria:armeria2021-12-02ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact An attacker can access an Armeria server's local file system beyond its restricted directory by sending an HTTP request whose path contains `%2F` (encoded `/`), such as `/files/..%2Fsecrets.txt`, bypassing Armeria's path validation logic. ### Patches Armeria 1.13.4 or above contains the hardened path validation logic that handles `%2F` properly. ### Workarounds This vulnerability can be worked around by inserting a decorator that performs an additional validation on the request path, e.g. ```java Server .builder() .serviceUnder( "/files", FileService .of(...) .decorate((delegate, ctx, req) -> { String path = req.headers().path(); if (path.contains("%2f") || path.contains("%2F")) { return HttpResponse.of(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST); } return delegate.serve(ctx, req); }) ) .build() ``` ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [line/armeria](https://github.com/line/armeria) * Chat with us at [Slack](https://armeria.dev/s/slack) ### Credits This vulnerability was originally reported by Abdallah Zaher ([elcayser-0x0a](https://hackerone.com/elcayser-0x0a?type=user)).

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published 2021-12-02modified 2026-06-17
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