CVE-2021-28165

Aliases:GHSA-26vr-8j45-3r4wBIT-jenkins-2021-28165DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28165CGA-3hc5-4wr7-q3xrCGA-4cgf-p56f-qpq6CGA-4gxh-j3wr-fjxwCGA-6672-hgc4-vrwpCGA-85cf-q7rf-726mCGA-92xw-pc32-3j9xCGA-93h4-3qr3-jj8mCGA-9cpg-g6cq-jphjCGA-g7h7-j62v-28qcCGA-g7m6-pqfg-r8rmCGA-hpw5-p924-9wpgCGA-j6cg-cw6p-3w9vCGA-p4wc-fv6p-2wh7CGA-q26g-82gh-rj68CGA-rfcq-6j2h-cm7cCGA-rh49-q4rf-vm8qCGA-rhqg-w8fc-4fh2CGA-vpjm-rgr5-gvg4CGA-xgf4-f774-gx4cCGA-xm74-w3x3-gw5c
Modified
Published: 01 Apr 2021, 14:20
Last modified:27 Aug 2025, 20:37

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
52/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
53.86% CRITICAL
54% probability +41.88%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Apr 2021, 14:20
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
27 Aug 2025, 20:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In Eclipse Jetty 7.2.2 to 9.4.38, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.1, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.1, CPU usage can reach 100% upon receiving a large invalid TLS frame.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0HIGHScore: 7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 53.86% Percentile: 99%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

    The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

  • CWE-551Incorrect Behavior Order: Authorization Before Parsing and Canonicalization

    If a web server does not fully parse requested URLs before it examines them for authorization, it may be possible for an attacker to bypass authorization protection.

  • CWE-755Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

    The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.

Affected Systems

  • chainguardhadoop-fips-3.3.6

    all

  • chainguardhadoop-fips-3.4.2

    all

  • chainguardhadoop-fips-3.5

    all

  • debianjetty9

    < 9.4.39-1 | < 9.4.39-1 | < 9.4.39-1 | < 9.4.39-1

  • eclipsejetty

    ≥ 7.2.2, < 9.4.39 | ≥ 10.0.0, < 10.0.2 | ≥ 11.0.0, < 11.0.2

  • jenkinsjenkins

    < 2.277.3 | < 2.286

  • org.eclipse.jettyjetty-server

    ≥ 7.2.2, < 9.4.39 | ≥ 10.0.0, < 10.0.2 | ≥ 11.0.0, < 11.0.2

  • netappcloud_manager

    < 3.9.8

  • netappe-series_performance_analyzer

    < 3.0

  • netappe-series_santricity_os_controller

    ≥ 11.0.0, < 11.70.1

  • netappe-series_santricity_storage

    < 1.10

  • netappe-series_santricity_web_services

    < 5.1

  • netappontap_tools

    < 9.10

  • netappsantricity_cloud_connector

    na

  • netappsantricity_web_services_proxy

    < 5.1

  • netappsnapcenter

    < 4.6

  • netappstorage_replication_adapter_for_clustered_data_ontap

    < 9.10

  • netappvasa_provider_for_clustered_data_ontap

    < 9.10

  • oracleautovue_for_agile_product_lifecycle_management

    21.0.2

  • oraclecommunications_cloud_native_core_policy

    1.14.0

  • oraclecommunications_element_manager

    8.2.2

  • oraclecommunications_services_gatekeeper

    7.0

  • oraclecommunications_session_report_manager

    ≥ 8.0.0.0, ≤ 8.2.4.0

  • oraclecommunications_session_route_manager

    ≥ 8.0.0.0, ≤ 8.2.4.0

  • oraclerest_data_services

    < 21.3

  • oraclesiebel_core_-_automation

    ≤ 21.9

  • the eclipse foundationeclipse jetty

    ≥ 7.2.2, < unspecified | ≥ unspecified, ≤ 9.4.38 | ≥ 10.0.0.alpha0, < unspecified | ≥ unspecified, ≤ 10.0.1 | ≥ 11.0.0.alpha0, < unspecified | ≥ unspecified, ≤ 11.0.1

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