Resource exhaustion in The Eclipse Foundation Jetty

CVE-2021-28165

In Eclipse Jetty 7.2.2 to 9.4.38, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.1, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.1, CPU usage can reach 100% upon receiving a large invalid TLS frame.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.136 (94.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28165?
CVE-2021-28165 is a high-severity vulnerability in The Eclipse Foundation Jetty, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-04-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-28165?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-28165 known to be exploited?
10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.