CVE-2022-2048 [High] | Denial of Service in Jetty

In Eclipse Jetty HTTP/2 server implementation, when encountering an invalid HTTP/2 request, the error handling has a bug that can wind up not properly cleaning up the active connections and associated resources. This can lead to a Denial of Service scenario where there are no enough resources left to process good requests.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.97%	1.82%	+0.85%
2	2026-06-02	0.67%	0.97%	+0.30%
3	2026-05-18	—	0.67%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.97%

1.82%

+0.85%

2026-06-02

0.67%

0.97%

+0.30%

2026-05-18

—

0.67%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
7.5	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	3.9	3.6	[email protected]
7.5	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	3.9	3.6	[email protected]
5.0	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:P) Partial availability impact.	10.0	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

7.5

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

3.9

3.6

[email protected]

7.5

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

3.9

3.6

[email protected]

5.0

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N): No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P): Partial availability impact.

10.0

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-2048

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	high	CVE-2022-2048: 1 source package rows (jenkins); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-2048
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2022-2048 not yet assigned 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-2022-2048
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2048
`suse`	high	CVE-2022-2048 severity important: SUSE including 74 source package names (jetty-annotations-9.4.48-1.1, jetty-annotations-9.4.48-150200.3.16.3, …), 350 product×package rows across 28 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, … (28 product lines)): Fixed 256, Known Not Affected 94.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2048/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-2048 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (jetty, jetty8, jetty9), 42 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 23, needs-triage 10, not-affected 6, ignored 2, released 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2048

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-2048

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
eclipse	jetty	< 9.4.47	cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty::::::::
eclipse	jetty	>= 10.0.0, < 10.0.9	cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty::::::::
eclipse	jetty	>= 11.0.0, < 11.0.9	cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty::::::::
debian	debian_linux	10.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	11.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
netapp	element_plug-in_for_vcenter_server	—	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:element_plug-in_for_vcenter_server:-:::::::*
netapp	management_services_for_element_software_and_netapp_hci	—	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:management_services_for_element_software_and_netapp_hci:-:::::::*
netapp	snapcenter	—	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapcenter:-:::::::*
netapp	solidfire_\&_hci_storage_node	—	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_storage_node:-:::::::*
netapp	hci_compute_node	—	cpe:2.3:h:netapp:hci_compute_node:-:::::::*
jenkins	jenkins	< 2.263	cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins::::::::
jenkins	jenkins	< 2.361.1	cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:::::lts:::*

References for CVE-2022-2048

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/09/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-wgmr-mf83-7x4j	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00011.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220901-0006/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5198	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2022-2048

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-2048

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-2048

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-2048

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-2048

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-2048

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-2048

References for CVE-2022-2048