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CVE-2024-6762: Jetty PushSessionCacheFilter can cause remote DoS attacks

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

Jetty PushSessionCacheFilter can be exploited by unauthenticated users to launch remote DoS attacks by exhausting the server’s memory.

Affected products

• The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Jetty: from 10.0.0 before 10.0.18; from 11.0.0 before 11.0.18; from 12.0.0 before 12.0.4 — fixed in 10.0.18, 11.0.18, 12.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Jetty 10.0.18, 11.0.18, 12.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/10755
• https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/10756
• https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/9715
• https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/9716
• https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-r7m4-f9h5-gr79
• https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/24
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00001.html

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