jetty: HTTP request smuggling
Published Jun 26, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 14.88%
Description
In Eclipse Jetty, versions 9.2.x and older, 9.3.x (all configurations), and 9.4.x (non-default configuration with RFC2616 compliance enabled), transfer-encoding chunks are handled poorly. The chunk length parsing was vulnerable to an integer overflow. Thus a large chunk size could be interpreted as a smaller chunk size and content sent as chunk body could be interpreted as a pipelined request. If Jetty was deployed behind an intermediary that imposed some authorization and that intermediary allowed arbitrarily large chunks to be passed on unchanged, then this flaw could be used to bypass the authorization imposed by the intermediary as the fake pipelined request would not be interpreted by the intermediary as a request.
Affected products
-
- Version 9.3.0StatusaffectedConstraints<unspecified
- Version 9.4.0StatusaffectedConstraints<unspecified
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<=9.2.0
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<9.3.24
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<9.4.11
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse Jetty | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- n/a
- ≥ 11.0 · ≤ 11.50.1
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- 3.x
- < 5.2.4
- n/a
- < 4.3.3
- < 4.1p3
- < 3.4.2
- < 3.4.2
Configuration 4
- ≥ 8.4.0-00 · < 8.6.2-00
Configuration 5
- 11.2.0.4
- 12.1.0.2
- 12.2.0.1
- 18c
- 7.1
- 15.0
- 16.0
- 17.0
No data.
Red Hat Data Grid 7.3.7
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2020:3779
Red Hat Fuse 7.3
jetty
Fixed · RHSA-2019:0910
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
jetty-eclipse
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
jetty
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
jetty
Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6
jetty
Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 5
nutch
Out of support scope
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-java-common-jetty
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Data Grid 7.3.7 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2020:3779 |
| Red Hat Fuse 7.3 | jetty | Fixed | RHSA-2019:0910 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | jetty-eclipse | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | jetty | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | jetty | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | jetty | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | nutch | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-java-common-jetty | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of jetty embedded in the nutch package as shipped with Red Hat Satellite 5. The nutch service is not exposed, as such exploitation is difficult, Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having security impact of Low. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/. Data Grid 7 has deprecated the agent-bond utility that permits this flaw; it is disabled by default and is no longer supported. While the functionality is still available for backward-compatibility usage, customers are strongly recommended to use Prometheus JMX instead. As the functionality is deprecated and no longer supported, the flaw has been scored as Moderate for Data Grid 7. Data Grid 8 is not affected by this flaw.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (55 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 14.88% (0.14879) | 96.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 14.49% (0.14492) | 96.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 16.15% (0.16154) | 96.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 4.32% (0.04318) | 89.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 13, 2026 | 6.38% (0.06379) | 91.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 9.10% (0.09096) | 92.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 1, 2026 | 3.70% (0.03704) | 87.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 9.10% (0.09096) | 92.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 3.70% (0.03704) | 87.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 10, 2026 | 9.10% (0.09096) | 92.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 7.64% (0.07642) | 91.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 1, 2026 | 3.41% (0.03409) | 87.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 7.64% (0.07642) | 91.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 3.41% (0.03409) | 87.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 7.64% (0.07642) | 91.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 16.15% (0.16147) | 94.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 7.64% (0.07642) | 91.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 3.41% (0.03409) | 86.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 7.64% (0.07642) | 91.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 3.41% (0.03409) | 87.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 6.68% (0.06679) | 90.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 1, 2025 | 2.41% (0.02408) | 84.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 6.68% (0.06679) | 90.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 2.41% (0.02408) | 84.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 5, 2025 | 4.84% (0.04840) | 89.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 2.11% (0.02111) | 83.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 4, 2025 | 4.84% (0.04840) | 89.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 1, 2025 | 2.11% (0.02111) | 83.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 4, 2025 | 4.84% (0.04840) | 88.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 1, 2025 | 2.11% (0.02111) | 83.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 18, 2025 | 4.84% (0.04840) | 88.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 2.11% (0.02111) | 83.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 12, 2025 | 4.84% (0.04840) | 88.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 11, 2025 | 2.11% (0.02111) | 82.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 10, 2025 | 4.93% (0.04929) | 88.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 9, 2025 | 2.15% (0.02152) | 82.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 7, 2025 | 4.93% (0.04929) | 88.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 6, 2025 | 2.15% (0.02152) | 82.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.93% (0.04929) | 88.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 21.76% (0.21757) | 93.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 22, 2025 | 4.93% (0.04929) | 88.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 21, 2025 | 2.15% (0.02152) | 82.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 18, 2025 | 4.93% (0.04929) | 88.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.15% (0.02152) | 83.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 81.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 80.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 27, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 82.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | 0.96% (0.00963) | 81.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.16% (0.01163) | 83.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.42% (0.00419) | 70.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.36% (0.00355) | 67.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 15.38% (0.15385) | 90.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 14.61% (0.14606) | 0.00th | v1 |
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