# Jetty vulnerable to authorization bypass due to inconsistent HTTP request handling (HTTP Request Smuggling)

Advisory record · `GHSA-6x9x-8qw9-9pp6`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-6x9x-8qw9-9pp6` · `CVE-2017-7658`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.8 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+, CVSS 7+ and EPSS
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-444](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/444.html)
- **Tags:** [HTTP request smuggling](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/request-smuggling.md)
- **Published:** 19 Oct 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Feb 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 19 Oct 2018, 16:16 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.
- CVSS score 9.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.19 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected packages

- `org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server` (Maven): affected `<9.2.25.v20180606 || >=9.3.0, <9.3.24.v20180605 || >=9.4.0, <9.4.11.v20180605`; fixed in `9.2.25.v20180606`, `9.3.24.v20180605`, `9.4.11.v20180605`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.8 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from GitHub Advisory Database

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.19, the 97th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 19 Oct 2018. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-6x9x-8qw9-9pp6](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6x9x-8qw9-9pp6)
- [OSV: GHSA-6x9x-8qw9-9pp6](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6x9x-8qw9-9pp6)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7658>
- <https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=535669>
- <https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6x9x-8qw9-9pp6>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r41af10c4adec8d34a969abeb07fd0d6ad0c86768b751464f1cdd23e8@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9159c9e7ec9eac1613da2dbaddbc15691a13d4dbb2c8be974f42e6ae@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra6f956ed4ec2855583b2d0c8b4802b450f593d37b77509b48cd5d574@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E>
- <https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181014-0001>
- <https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03953en_us>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-6x9x-8qw9-9pp6>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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