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Plain-English summary
CVE-2024-7708 is a high-severity availability issue in Eclipse Jetty Server. Certain body-bearing requests can leak buffers when body reads return zero bytes, especially around 100-Continue or slow network behavior. The business risk is service degradation or outage, not data theft, based on the supplied CVSS vector.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority where affected Jetty versions front public or business-critical services. The likely impact is denial of service, so remediation urgency should track service criticality and exposure until vendor fix guidance is confirmed.
Technical view
The issue affects org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server versions 10.0.7 and 11.0.7. It is described as a buffer leak triggered by requests with bodies when body reads may return 0 bytes. CVSS 3.1 rates it 7.5, network reachable, unauthenticated, low complexity, with high availability impact only.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely for applications directly embedding Eclipse Jetty Server 10.0.7 or 11.0.7, especially internet-facing services that accept request bodies. The source bundle does not identify other affected versions or downstream products.
Exploitation context
The CVE is not listed as KEV in the supplied bundle, and no cited source states active exploitation. The CVSS vector indicates remote, unauthenticated availability impact, but the provided sources do not include exploit details or a confirmed public exploit.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: the bundle names affected versions and failure conditions but does not provide patch versions, commits, or detailed reproduction data. Avoid broad version assumptions. Validate exposure through dependency inventory and runtime confirmation before escalating.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory applications using org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server versions 10.0.7 or 11.0.7.
- Review Eclipse Jetty guidance for fixed versions or vendor-approved mitigation.
- Prioritize remediation for internet-facing services accepting request bodies.
- Monitor CVE and Eclipse references for patch or workaround updates.
Validation and detection
- Check dependency manifests and runtime SBOMs for org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server.
- Confirm deployed Jetty Server versions, not only build-time dependencies.
- Identify endpoints accepting request bodies through Jetty.
- Review availability metrics for unexplained memory or buffer pressure.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6eclipseVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/29CVE reference, eclipse
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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.