CVE-2023-41900

mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
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0.92% (60th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
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cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–4.3

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4
v3.14.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.13.5lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.13.5lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 1.4
v3.13.5lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (23)

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advisories (3)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2023-2359Eclipse Jetty: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-09-14csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter authentifizierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Eclipse Jetty ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen oder einen HTTP-Cache-Poison-Angriff durchzuführen.

  • WID-SEC-W-2024-0794Dell ECS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-04-04csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell ECS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

  • GHSA-pwh8-58vv-vw48Jetty's OpenId Revoked authentication allows one request2023-09-15ghsa · osvUS

    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`. ### Impact 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. ### Original Report > working on a custom OpenIdAuthenticator, I discovered the following: > > https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/blob/jetty-10.0.14/jetty-openid/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/security/openid/OpenIdAuthenticator.java#L505 > > In the case where the LoginService does return that the authentication has been revoked (from the validate() call on line 463), the OpenIdAuthenticator removes the authentication from the session; however the current request still proceeds as if authenticated, since it falls through to "return authentication" on line 505. > > This is fixed by moving the line 505 (and associated debug log) inside the else block that ends on line 502, instead of outside it. Then the revocation case will run through to line 517 and will trigger a new OpenId authentication which I think is correct. > > I think this revocation can only occur if you do attach a separate LoginService to the OpenIdLoginService, but in that case the revoked authentication will still let the next request through (and possibly more than one if they are very close to simultaneous). > > Technically I think this is a security vulnerability, if a very minor one, so I'm sending this off-list. ### Patched Versions Fixed in Jetty Versions: * 9.4.52 - fixed in PR https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9660 * 10.0.16 - fixed in PR https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9528 * 11.0.16 - fixed in PR https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9528 * 12.0.0 - not impacted (already has fix) ### Workaround Upgrade your version of Jetty. ### References * https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9528 * https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9660

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