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What is this endpoint?

WEB-INF/jetty-env.xml

Jetty

What an attacker could do

This Jetty deployment descriptor reveals JNDI datasource definitions, including database connection strings and credentials, plus internal resource bindings, enabling direct backend database access. WEB-INF should never be served, so its exposure indicates a path-traversal or misconfiguration flaw.

How to defend it

Ensure the servlet container enforces the WEB-INF access restriction so its contents are never served over HTTP, and patch any path-traversal or alias misconfiguration that allows reading WEB-INF resources.

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