# Undertow is Vulnerable to HTTP Request/Response Smuggling

Advisory record · `GHSA-3gv6-g396-9v4r`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-3gv6-g396-9v4r` · `CVE-2026-28367`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.7 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-444](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/444.html)
- **Tags:** [HTTP request smuggling](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/request-smuggling.md)
- **Published:** 27 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 4 Nov 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 27 Mar 2026, 18:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `io.undertow:undertow-core` (Maven): affected `>=2.3.0.Final, <2.3.25.Final || <2.2.40.Final`; fixed in `2.3.25.Final`, `2.2.40.Final`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> Undertow (io.undertow:undertow-parent) versions up to and including 2.3.23.Final are vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling. A remote attacker can send a crafted header block terminator that some proxy servers interpret differently, which can lead to unauthorized access or manipulation of web requests. No fixed version is listed.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.7 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`, from CNA (redhat)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0072, the 54th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 27 Mar 2026, 16:13 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28367)
- 27 Mar 2026, 17:16 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28367)
- 27 Mar 2026, 18:31 UTC: [Confirmed by GitHub Advisory Database](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3gv6-g396-9v4r)
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3gv6-g396-9v4r)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-3gv6-g396-9v4r](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3gv6-g396-9v4r)
- [OSV: GHSA-3gv6-g396-9v4r](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3gv6-g396-9v4r)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28367>
- <https://github.com/undertow-io/undertow/commit/3ece0bf2b2cf5e01db8ca25e41b831e66d3f5961>
- <https://github.com/undertow-io/undertow/commit/904e26f1be62fb00b440538608a9574839821878>
- <https://github.com/undertow-io/undertow/commit/c5dc41479e9c3576552d7e98e31bb1c237ae155e>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25125>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25126>
- <https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28367>
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443260>
- <https://github.com/undertow-io/undertow>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-3gv6-g396-9v4r>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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