A flaw was found in Undertow. When Undertow receives an HTTP request where the first header line starts with one or more spaces, it incorrectly processes the request by stripping these leading spaces. This behavior, which violates HTTP standards, can be exploited by a remote attacker to perform request smuggling. Request smuggling allows an attacker to bypass security mechanisms, access restricted information, or manipulate web caches, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure.
CVE-2026-28369
Score 8.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-27. NVD baseline CVSS 9.1; sources differ by 0.4.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.1
- EG Score
- 8.7(medium)
- EPSS
- 47.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 27, 2026
Last Modified
June 10, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Jun 11, 20262443262 – (CVE-2026-28369) CVE-2026-28369 undertow: Undertow: Request Smuggling via Malformed HTTP Request Headers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443262Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-28369(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:25125Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.6 security update
- RHSA-2026:25126Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.6 security update
- GHSA-vqqj-9cmv-hx43GitHub Security AdvisoriesHigh
Undertow is Vulnerable to HTTP Request/Response Smuggling
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | eap8-wildfly-0:8.1.6-7.GA_redhat_00010.1.el9eap | 2026-06-10 | redhat |
| redhat | undertow-core | 2026-06-10 | redhat |
| maven | io.undertow:undertow-parent | — | ghsa |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| io.undertow:undertow-parent | 1.0.0.Alpha1 ... 2.3.9.Final (335 versions) | — | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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- 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-11 23:01 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-11 23:01 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-06-11 23:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-10 23:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-10 23:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-10 22:59 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked
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