Bug 2553182 (CVE-2026-18659)

Summary: CVE-2026-18659 org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-security: Eclipse Jetty: Security constraint bypass via HTTP method substrings
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: abrianik, anthomas, asyoung, ataylor, ccranfor, csuconic, dbruscin, dfreiber, drow, ehelms, ewittman, fmariani, ggainey, ggrzybek, gmalinko, gtully, janstey, jburrell, jhollowa, jpasqual, jpechane, jraez, jsherman, juwatts, jwon, kaycoth, kvanderr, mcarlett, mdellweg, mhulan, nipatil, nmoumoul, osousa, pantinor, parichar, pcreech, pdelbell, pjindal, prichard, rchan, rgemmell, rgodfrey, rhel-process-autobot, rkubis, rstepani, sdawley, smallamp, sthirugn, tasato, tbish, tcunning, tlavocat, tmalecek, vkumar, watson-tool-maintainers, yfang
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A flaw was found in Eclipse Jetty. A remote attacker can bypass security constraints by sending HTTP requests containing substrings of configured HTTP methods when method omission rules are used. This issue allows unauthorized users to access protected resources and endpoints that should be restricted.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-15 09:52:44 UTC
In Eclipse Jetty, across various versions of `jetty-security`, and `jetty-eeN-security`, and `jetty-eeN-servlet`, the Jakarta Spec constraints defined as `http-method-omission` can be bypassed by using substrings of the defined HTTP Methods.