Answer in brief
CVE-2026-19879 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in Io.undertow/undertow: undertow: http response header integrity issue due to character truncation. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk11-openshift-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk17-openshift-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk8-openshift-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/moditect (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Red Hat/jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk11-openshift-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk17-openshift-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk8-openshift-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/moditect (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk11-openshift-rhel8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk17-openshift-rhel8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk8-openshift-rhel8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/moditectgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/pki-core:10.6/resteasygeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/pki-deps:10.6/resteasygeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/resteasygeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/undertow-coregeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/undertow-parentgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/undertow-servletgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/undertow-websockets-jsrgeneric | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 14, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 14, 2026
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.
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