CVE-2026-56122

High

Description

Winstone Servlet Engine through 0.9.10 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by sending HTTP GET requests with dot-dot-slash sequences that are not sanitized when serving static files from the configured webroot. Attackers can traverse outside the webroot directory using traversal-prefixed paths in a single HTTP request to read any file accessible to the servlet engine process, including sensitive system files when the service runs with elevated privileges.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductWinstone Servlet Container
PublishedJun 25, 2026
First seenJun 25, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rickknowles Winstone Servlet Containerv ≤ 0.9.10—

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