Uncontrolled resource consumption in Eclipse Jetty
Priority LOW 39CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
For requests that have a body, but reading the body may end up in reading 0 bytes, there is a buffer leak. This is particularly the case for 100-Continue, but any request where the network is slow can leak.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0044 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Eclipse Jetty (Eclipse Foundation): 10.0.23, 11.0.23org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (Maven): 10.0.23, 11.0.23
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse Jetty | 10.0.7 to before 10.0.23; 11.0.7 to before 11.0.23 | 10.0.23, 11.0.23 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (Maven) | 10.0.7 to before 10.0.23 | 10.0.23 | Patch available | GHSA-9299-c6m4-mjhc |
| — | org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (Maven) | 11.0.7 to before 11.0.23 | 11.0.23 | Patch available | GHSA-9299-c6m4-mjhc |
- Eclipse Jetty VendorEclipse Foundation Affected 10.0.7 to before 10.0.23; 11.0.7 to before 11.0.23 Fixed in 10.0.23, 11.0.23 Patch available CNA
- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (Maven) Vendor— Affected 10.0.7 to before 10.0.23 Fixed in 10.0.23 Patch available GHSA-9299-c6m4-mjhc
- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (Maven) Vendor— Affected 11.0.7 to before 11.0.23 Fixed in 11.0.23 Patch available GHSA-9299-c6m4-mjhc
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.0.7 to before 10.0.23; 11.0.7 to before 11.0.23 | Vulnerable | Eclipse Foundation |
- cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0.7 to before 10.0.23; 11.0.7 to before 11.0.23 Vulnerable ·Eclipse Foundation
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Eclipse Jetty (Eclipse Foundation) Fixed in 10.0.23, 11.0.23
- Fix · GHSA-9299-c6m4-mjhc org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (Maven) Fixed in 10.0.23 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-9299-c6m4-mjhc org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (Maven) Fixed in 11.0.23 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-7708
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9299-c6m4-mjhc
References
Advisory 2
Other 6
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-9299-c6m4-mjhc
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/12156
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/commit/8259eabbc70ae7fc2d525f1e95b43fbdfd2ad097
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/releases/tag/jetty-10.0.23
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/releases/tag/jetty-11.0.23
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- TI-2026-01972 HTTP Request Smuggling via Chunked Extension Quoted-String Parsing CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
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- TI-2021-09394 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Eclipse Jetty CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-13463 Information disclosure in Eclipse Jetty CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-7708 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-7708 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9299-c6m4-mjhc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-7708 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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