CVE-2024-8184 Jetty ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote() vulnerable to remote DoS attacks
Attackers can cause remote denial of service in Jetty by exhausting server memory via crafted requests to ThreadLimitHandler.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-8184?
CVE-2024-8184 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Eclipse Jetty, published on 14 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote() which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service (DoS) attack. By repeatedly sending crafted requests, attackers can trigger OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8184?
8 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server Maven | From 10.0.0 | 10.0.24 |
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server Maven | From 10.0.0 | 10.0.24 |
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server Maven | From 11.0.0 | 11.0.24 |
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server Maven | From 11.0.0 | 11.0.24 |
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server Maven | From 12.0.0 | 12.0.9 |
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server Maven | From 12.0.0 | 12.0.9 |
2 more packages
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server Maven | From 9.3.12 | 9.4.56 |
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server Maven | From 9.3.12 | 9.4.56 |
Linux distribution packages (6)
jetty-minimal SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 | All versions | 9.4.56-150200.3.28.1 |
jetty-minimal SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 | All versions | 9.4.56-150200.3.28.1 |
jetty-minimal SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | All versions | 9.4.56-150200.3.28.1 |
jetty-minimal openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 9.4.56-150200.3.28.1 |
jetty-minimal openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 9.4.56-150200.3.28.1 |
jetty-minimal openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 9.4.56-2.1 |
Products include Eclipse Jetty.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8184?
Upgrade org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server to a fixed version for your release line: 10.0.24, 11.0.24, 12.0.9 or 9.4.56.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-8184 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8184 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Eclipse Jetty
- CVE-2016-4800 Jetty contains an alias issue that could allow unauthenticated remote code execution due to specially crafted request
- CVE-2019-17638 Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release in Jetty Server
- CVE-2018-12538 Access and integrity issue within Eclipse Jetty
- CVE-2026-10050 Digest authentication lossy encoding
- CVE-2025-5115 MadeYouReset HTTP/2 vulnerability
Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2026-AC10054, CLEANSTART-2026-KY67158, CLEANSTART-2026-XA09003, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8184, GHSA-g8m5-722r-8whq, MINI-2382-3q76-8c86 and 8 more.