CVE-2026-1605
HIGH
GHSA-xxh7-fcf3-rj7f
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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In Eclipse Jetty, versions 12.0.0-12.0.31 and 12.1.0-12.0.5, class GzipHandler exposes a vulnerability when a compressed HTTP request, with Content-Encoding: gzip, is processed and the corresponding response is not compressed. This happens because the JDK Inflater is allocated for decompressing the request, but it is not released because the release mechanism is tied to the compressed response. In this case, since the response is not compressed, the release mechanism does not trigger, causing the leak.
Analysis
Eclipse Jetty 12.0.0 through 12.0.31 and 12.1.0 through 12.1.5 suffer from a denial-of-service vulnerability in GzipHandler where decompressor resources leak when processing gzip-compressed requests that generate uncompressed responses. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust server memory by repeatedly sending compressed requests, causing service degradation or unavailability. …
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Remediation
Within 24 hours: Inventory all systems running Eclipse Jetty 12.x and identify which versions are deployed. Within 7 days: Implement compensating controls (disable gzip compression or restrict to trusted networks) and apply WAF rules blocking malformed gzip requests. …
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