CVE-2026-19879

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 71/100
Published: 2026-08-14 Modified: 2026-11-05 First seen: 2026-11-05 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: Low
A: None

Description

A flaw was found in Undertow, an HTTP server, within its HTTP response header writing path. The `writeString()` method performs a silent narrowing cast from 16-bit Unicode characters to 8-bit bytes when writing HTTP response header values. A remote attacker can exploit this by supplying specific Unicode characters in user-controlled input that an application places into response headers. This can lead to the truncation of these characters into ASCII control characters or special symbols, potentially resulting in limited integrity impact or information disclosure if the application does not properly sanitize user input.

References & Advisories (2)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2516038
issue-tracking x_refsource_REDHAT

Bug Bounty Relevance

71 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.39%
Raw Score 0.003930
Percentile 34.0%
Date 2026-11-14

EPSS Trend

2026-11-14
0.00393
2026-11-13
0.00393
2026-11-12
0.00393
2026-11-10
0.00393
2026-11-09
0.00393
2026-11-08
0.00393
2026-11-07
0.00393
2026-11-06
0.00393
2026-11-05
0.00393

Intelligence Sources

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