CVE-2024-8184
MEDIUM5.9EPSS 1.1%Eclipse Jetty's ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote() vulnerable to remote DoS attacks
Published: 10/14/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote() which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service (DoS) attack. By repeatedly sending crafted requests, attackers can trigger OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/jetty9from 0, < 9.4.57-0+deb11u1
- Maven/org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server>= 12.0.0, < 12.0.9
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (7)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8184
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-8184
- PATCHhttps://github.com/jetty/jetty.project
- WEBhttps://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/11723
- WEBhttps://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-g8m5-722r-8whq
- WEBhttps://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/30
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00001.html