Description
In Eclipse Jetty Server, versions 9.2.x and older, 9.3.x (all non HTTP/1.x configurations), and 9.4.x (all HTTP/1.x configurations), when presented with two content-lengths headers, Jetty ignored the second. When presented with a content-length and a chunked encoding header, the content-length was ignored (as per RFC 2616). If an intermediary decided on the shorter length, but still passed on the longer body, then body content could be interpreted by Jetty as a pipelined request. If the intermediary was imposing authorization, the fake pipelined request would bypass that authorization.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse Jetty | unspecified – < 9.2.25, 9.3.0 – < unspecified, unspecified – < 9.3.24, 9.4.0 – < unspecified, unspecified – < 9.4.11 | 9.2.25 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | jetty9 | 9.2.25-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | jetty9 | 9.2.25-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | jetty9 | 9.2.25-1 | — |
| Debian 9 | jetty9 | 9.2.21-1+deb9u1 | DSA-4278-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | jetty9 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | jetty8 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | jetty8 | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server | < 9.2.25.v20180606 | 9.2.25.v20180606 | GHSA-6x9x-8qw9-9pp6 |
| Maven | org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server | >= 9.3.0, < 9.3.24.v20180605 | 9.3.24.v20180605 | GHSA-6x9x-8qw9-9pp6 |
| Maven | org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server | >= 9.4.0, < 9.4.11.v20180605 | 9.4.11.v20180605 | GHSA-6x9x-8qw9-9pp6 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-4278-1 jetty9 - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- DSA-4278 vendor-advisory
- 1041194 vdb-entry
- 106566 vdb-entry
- [lucene-solr-user] 20190104 Re: SOLR v7 Security Issues Caused Denial of Use - Sonatype Application Composition Report mailing-list
- [activemq-issues] 20190820 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-7279) Security Vulnerabilities in Libraries - jackson-databind-2.9.8.jar, tomcat-servlet-api-8.0.53.jar, tomcat-websocket-api-8.0.53.jar, zookeeper-3.4.6.jar, guava-18.0.jar, jetty-all-9.2.26.v20180806 mailing-list
- [druid-commits] 20191115 [GitHub] [incubator-druid] ccaominh opened a new pull request #8878: Address security vulnerabilities mailing-list
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20200729 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2387: Security vulnerabilities in the apache/bookkeeper-4.9.2 image mailing-list
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181014-0001/
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03953en_us
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=535669
- [druid-commits] 20210226 [GitHub] [druid] kingnj opened a new issue #10926: Hello, are there any plans to fix the CVE-2017-7657 and CVE-2017-7658 vulnerabilities of Jetty mailing-list
- [druid-commits] 20210304 [GitHub] [druid] suneet-s commented on issue #10926: Hello, are there any plans to fix the CVE-2017-7657 and CVE-2017-7658 vulnerabilities of Jetty mailing-list
- [druid-commits] 20210304 [GitHub] [druid] suneet-s closed issue #10926: Hello, are there any plans to fix the CVE-2017-7657 and CVE-2017-7658 vulnerabilities of Jetty mailing-list
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html