Resource exhaustion in Eclipse 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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.539 (99.0th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.539 · newest: 0.539 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-26vr-8j45-3r4w (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r17e26cf9a1e3cbc09522d15ece5d7c7a00cdced7641b92a22… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f172f2dd8fb02f032ef4437218fd4f610605a3dd4f2a024c… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra210e38ae0bf615084390b26ba01bb5d66c0a76f232277446… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/re577736ca7da51952c910b345a500b7676ea9931c9b19709b… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbcd7b477df55857bb6cae21fcc4404683ac98aac1a47551f0… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9db72e9c33b93eba45a214af588f1d553839b5c3080fc9138… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/re6614b4fe7dbb945409daadb9e1cc73c02383df68bf933473… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r56e5568ac73daedcb3b5affbb4b908999f03d3c1b1ada3920… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra21b3e6bd9669377139fe33fb46edf6fece3f31375bc42a0d… (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-28165?
- CVE-2021-28165 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eclipse 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.