CVE-2020-27223
high-risk
Published 2021-02-26
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.
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33.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 66% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.2/10
Medium
ADJACENT_NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
References (133)
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=571128
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-m394-8rww-3jr7
and 113 more references
55
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
16/34 · Moderate
Exposure
21/34 · High