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SCA: security update for org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (GHSA-h2f4-v4c4-6wx4)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422078

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In Eclipse Jetty version 9.3.x and 9.4.x, the server is vulnerable to Denial of Service conditions if a
 remote client sends either large SETTINGs frames container containing many settings, or many small
 SETTINGs frames. The vulnerability is due to the additional CPU and memory allocations required to handle
 changed settings. (CVE-2018-12545)

Solution

Update the org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server library and its related packages to version 9.3.25.v20180904 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h2f4-v4c4-6wx4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422078

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12545

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12545

cwe: CWE-400