Description
A client may issue HTTP/2 requests to a Jetty server that result in blocking writes that are never unblocked, eventually causing all threads to be blocked and the whole server to become unresponsive.
This is caused by a race condition in the server when handling RST_STREAM frames and GOAWAY frames sent by the client.
The race condition "resets" the HTTP2Flusher.terminated, previously set to a non-null value, to the null value, allowing entries to be enqueued in the flusher that however will never be processed. These unprocessed entries are the ones that would unblock the write-blocked threads.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse Jetty | 12.1.0 – ≤ 12.1.10, 12.0.0 – ≤ 12.0.37, 11.00 – ≤ 11.0.31, 10.0.0 – ≤ 10.0.31, 9.4.36 – ≤ 9.4.63 | — |
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 | jetty12 | 12.0.39-1 | — |
| Debian 14 | jetty9 | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | jetty9 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | jetty9 | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | jetty9 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | jetty9 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | jetty9 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | jetty9 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | jetty9 | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | jetty9 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | jetty9 | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | jetty-minimal | 9.4.58-6.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11804-1 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11804-1 jetty-annotations-9.4.58-6.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 18, 2026