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jetty9 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27216

In Eclipse Jetty versions 1.0 thru 9.4.32.v20200930, 10.0.0.alpha1 thru 10.0.0.beta2, and 11.0.0.alpha1 thru 11.0.0.beta2O, on Unix like systems, the system's temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. A collocated user can observe the process of creating a temporary sub directory in the shared temporary directory and race to complete the creation of the temporary subdirectory. If the attacker wins the race then they will have read and write permission to the subdirectory used to unpack web applications, including their WEB-INF/lib jar files and JSP files. If any code is ever executed out of this temporary directory, this can lead to a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

Products
jetty9
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
9.4.33-1
CVEs
CVE-2020-27216
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:30 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27216

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Oct 2020, 13:15 UTC

In Eclipse Jetty versions 1.0 thru 9.4.32.v20200930, 10.0.0.alpha1 thru 10.0.0.beta2, and 11.0.0.alpha1 thru 11.0.0.beta2O, on Unix like systems, the system's temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. A collocated user can observe the process of creating a temporary sub directory in the shared temporary directory and race to complete the creation of the temporary subdirectory. If the attacker wins the race then they will have read and write permission to the subdirectory used to unpack web applications, including their WEB-INF/lib jar files and JSP files. If any code is ever executed out of this temporary directory, this can lead to a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27216

jetty9

Fixed versions: 9.4.33-1

jetty9

Fixed versions: 9.4.33-1

jetty9

Fixed versions: 9.4.33-1

Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:02:30.991766291Z",
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