CVE-2020-27223
Published:February 26, 2021
Updated:May 17, 2026
In Eclipse Jetty 9.4.6.v20170531 to 9.4.36.v20210114 (inclusive), 10.0.0, and 11.0.0 when Jetty handles a request containing multiple Accept headers with a large number of “quality” (i.e. q) parameters, the server may enter a denial of service (DoS) state due to high CPU usage processing those quality values, resulting in minutes of CPU time exhausted processing those quality values.
Affected Packages
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (JAVA):
Affected version(s) =11.0.0 <11.0.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 11.0.1org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (JAVA):
Affected version(s) =10.0.0 <10.0.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 10.0.1Related Resources (132)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
5.1
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.2
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
33.82