CVE-2024-7708: Eclipse Jetty Denial of Service Vulnerability
HIGHCVE-2024-7708 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) denial of service vulnerability (CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) affecting Eclipse Jetty libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The issue involves dos attack triggering outofmemory with 100-continue requests. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 10.0.23, 11.0.23.
CVE-2024-7708 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 7.5
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
How to Fix CVE-2024-7708
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Eclipse Jetty dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
<artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
<version>10.0.23</version>
</dependency><dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
<artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
<version>11.0.23</version>
</dependency>Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=org.eclipse.jettyHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Java application is affected by CVE-2024-7708, inspect your build dependencies using the Maven Dependency Plugin:
mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=org.eclipse.jettyAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Eclipse Jetty in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 10.0.23), your application is affected.
Note: The mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=org.eclipse.jetty command inspects the resolved dependency graph declared in your project's POM files; it does not perform automated security scanning or inspect runtime dynamic classpaths. Always verify runtime container classpaths and shaded JARs.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption, where the product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource. In Eclipse Jetty, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2024-7708 Affected Eclipse Jetty Versions
2 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server
|
Maven |
≥ 10.0.7
< 10.0.23
|
10.0.23
|
|
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server
|
Maven |
≥ 11.0.7
< 11.0.23
|
11.0.23
|
References
Frequently Asked Questions
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
{
"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-9299-c6m4-mjhc",
"modified" : "2026-07-22T22:58:30Z",
"published" : "2026-07-22T22:58:29Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2024-7708" ],
"summary" : "Eclipse Jetty: DoS attack triggering OutOfMemory with 100-Continue requests",
"details" : "### Impact\nThe original report:\n\n> Server handling of 100-Continue requests can lead to memory leak that can be abused to cause a Denial of Service state.\n\nAfter investigation, turns out that every request that has a body, but reading the body may end up in reading 0 bytes, leaks a buffer.\nThis is particularly the case for 100-Continue, but any request where the network is slow can leak.\n\n### Affected Versions\n\n* Jetty 11.0.0-11.0.22 (EOL)\n* Jetty 10.0.0-10.0.22 (EOL)\n\n### Patched Versions\n\n* Jetty 11.0.23\n* Jetty 10.0.23\n\n### Patches\n\nhttps://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/12156\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNo workarounds.",
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"type" : "CVSS_V3",
"score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
} ],
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} ]
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"type" : "ADVISORY",
"url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7708"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/12156"
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"url" : "https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/commit/8259eabbc70ae7fc2d525f1e95b43fbdfd2ad097"
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"url" : "https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project"
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"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/releases/tag/jetty-10.0.23"
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"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/releases/tag/jetty-11.0.23"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/29"
} ],
"database_specific" : {
"cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-400", "CWE-401" ],
"severity" : "HIGH",
"github_reviewed" : true,
"github_reviewed_at" : "2026-07-22T22:58:29Z",
"nvd_published_at" : "2026-07-14T09:16:39Z"
}
}