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CVE-2018-12538

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-6

Description

In Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.0 through 9.4.8, when using the optional Jetty provided FileSessionDataStore for persistent storage of HttpSession details, it is possible for a malicious user to access/hijack other HttpSessions and even delete unmatched HttpSessions present in the FileSystem's storage for the FileSessionDataStore.

Affected products

• The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Jetty: from 9.4.0 through 9.4.8
• NetApp E-Series Santricity Management Plug-Ins: all versions
• E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x: from 11.0 through 11.40
• NetApp E-Series Santricity Web Services Proxy: all versions
• NetApp Element Software: all versions
• NetApp Hyper Converged Infrastructure: all versions
• OnCommand System Manager 9.x: from 3.0.0 through 3.1.3
• NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package): all versions
• NetApp Santricity Cloud Connector: all versions
• NetApp Snap Creator Framework: all versions
• NetApp SnapCenter: all versions
• SnapManager for Oracle: all versions

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041194
• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536018
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181014-0001/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041194
• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536018
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181014-0001/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

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