CVE-2017-7658

In Eclipse Jetty Server, versions 9.2.x and older, 9.3.x (all non HTTP/1.x configurations), and 9.4.x (all HTTP/1.x configurations), when presented with two content-lengths headers, Jetty ignored the second. When presented with a content-length and a chunked encoding header, the content-length was ignored (as per RFC 2616). If an intermediary decided on the shorter length, but still passed on the longer body, then body content could be interpreted by Jetty as a pipelined request. If the intermediary was imposing authorization, the fake pipelined request would bypass that authorization.

Published: 2018-06-26 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-7658 is rated High Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.48%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-7658

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-04 8.61% 5.48% -3.13%
2 2026-04-24 8.04% 8.61% +0.57%
3 2026-03-18 8.04%

Full EPSS history (53 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-7658

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-7658

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-7658

GHSA-6x9x-8qw9-9pp6 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: maven — Jetty vulnerable to authorization bypass due to inconsistent HTTP request handling (HTTP Request Smuggling)

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-7658

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2017-7658 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (jetty9), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7658
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7658
ubuntu low CVE-2017-7658 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (jetty8, jetty9), 40 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 18, not-affected 15, ignored 3, needed 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7658

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-7658

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eclipse jetty <= 9.2.26 cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eclipse jetty >= 9.3.0, < 9.3.24 cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eclipse jetty >= 9.4.0, < 9.4.11 cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle rest_data_services 11.2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:rest_data_services:11.2.0.4:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
oracle rest_data_services 12.1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:rest_data_services:12.1.0.2:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
oracle rest_data_services 12.2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:rest_data_services:12.2.0.1:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
oracle rest_data_services 18c cpe:2.3:a:oracle:rest_data_services:18c:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
oracle retail_xstore_payment 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_payment:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle retail_xstore_point_of_service 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle retail_xstore_point_of_service 15.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle retail_xstore_point_of_service 16.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle retail_xstore_point_of_service 17.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp xp_p9000_command_view >= 8.4.0-00, <= 8.6.2-00 cpe:2.3:a:hp:xp_p9000_command_view:*:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_management cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_management:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_os_controller >= 11.0, <= 11.50.1 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_web_services cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_web_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp hci_management_node cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp hci_storage_node cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_storage_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_system_manager >= 3.0, <= 3.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_system_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_unified_manager_for_7-mode cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager_for_7-mode:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp santricity_cloud_connector cpe:2.3:a:netapp:santricity_cloud_connector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp snap_creator_framework cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snap_creator_framework:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp snapcenter cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapcenter:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp snapmanager cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:oracle:*:*
netapp snapmanager cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:sap:*:*
netapp solidfire cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp storage_services_connector cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storage_services_connector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-7658

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106566 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041194 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=535669 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r41af10c4adec8d34a969abeb07fd0d6ad0c86768b751464f1cdd23e8%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9159c9e7ec9eac1613da2dbaddbc15691a13d4dbb2c8be974f42e6ae%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra6f956ed4ec2855583b2d0c8b4802b450f593d37b77509b48cd5d574%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181014-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03953en_us Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4278 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html Patch Third Party Advisory
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