CVE-2024-7708: Eclipse Jetty buffer leak in HttpConnection

CVE-2024-7708 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2026-07-14

Eclipse Jetty, a widely used web server and servlet engine, is vulnerable to a memory leak when handling certain types of web requests. An attacker can exploit this by sending specific network traffic that causes the server to run out of memory and crash. This results in a denial-of-service, making the web application or service unavailable to legitimate users.

Technologies: Eclipse Foundation Jetty, org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (Maven). Vendors: Eclipse Foundation, Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2024-7708 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-7708 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2024-7708?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 14 July 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Eclipse Foundation Jetty >= 10.0.7, < 10.0.23; >= 11.0.7, < 11.0.23, >=10.0.7, <10.0.23; >=11.0.7, <11.0.23; org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=10.0.7,fixed=10.0.23.
Is there a fix for CVE-2024-7708?
Yes. org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (Maven): upgrade to 10.0.23 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2024-7708 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2024-7708?
Check whether you run Eclipse Foundation Jetty or org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (Maven): upgrade to 10.0.23 or later
    # set org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server to 10.0.23 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Technical details

A memory leak exists in Eclipse Jetty's server component (CWE-401) related to uncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400). The vulnerability occurs when the server handles requests with a body where reading the body results in zero bytes being read, which fails to release an allocated buffer. This is most easily triggered using '100-Continue' requests or via slow network connections. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a high volume of such requests, eventually exhausting the JVM heap memory and causing an OutOfMemoryError (OOM), leading to a denial-of-service. The issue is fixed in versions 10.0.23 and 11.0.23.

Affected products

  • Eclipse Jetty >= 10.0.7, < 10.0.23; >= 11.0.7, < 11.0.23

Identifiers

  • CVE-2024-7708
  • GHSA-9299-c6m4-mjhc

Timeline

  • 2026-07-14: advisory: NVD publication date
  • 2026-07-22: disclosed: GitHub Advisory published
  • 2026-07-22: patched: Patched versions 10.0.23 and 11.0.23 released

References

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