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CVE-2020-27218

Buffer not correctly recycled in Gzip Request inflation

4.8 MediumFix available

In Eclipse Jetty version 9.4.0.RC0 to 9.4.34.v20201102, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.0.beta2, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.0.beta2, if GZIP request body inflation is enabled and requests from different clients are multiplexed onto a single connection, and if an attacker can send a request with a body that is received entirely but not consumed by the application, then a subsequent request on the same connection will see that body prepended to its body. The attacker will not see any data but may inject data into the body of the subsequent request.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

8.28%Down 11.3 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.8

In Eclipse Jetty version 9.4.0.RC0 to 9.4.34.v20201102, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.0.beta2, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.0.beta2, if GZIP request body inflation is enabled and requests from different clients are multiplexed onto a single connection, and if an attacker can send a request with a body that is received entirely but not consumed by the application, then a subsequent request on the same connection will see that body prepended to its body. The attacker will not see any data but may inject data into the body of the subsequent request.

Record
CVE-2020-27218
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0
5.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-226
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

In Eclipse Jetty version 9.4.0.RC0 to 9.4.34.v20201102, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.0.beta2, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.0.beta2, if GZIP request body inflation is enabled and requests from different clients are multiplexed onto a single connection, and if an attacker can send a request with a body that is received entirely but not consumed by the application, then a subsequent request on the same connection will see that body prepended to its body. The attacker will not see any data but may inject data into the body of the subsequent request.

Record
CVE-2020-27218
Weakness
CWE-226
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-1488 No score

In Eclipse Jetty version 9.4.0.RC0 to 9.4.34.v20201102, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.0.beta2, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.0.beta2, if GZIP request body inflation is enabled and requests from different clients are multiplexed onto a single connection, and if an attacker can send a request with a body that is received entirely but not consumed by the application, then a subsequent request on the same connection will see that body prepended to its body. The attacker will not see any data but may inject data into the body of the subsequent request.

Record
EUVD-2020-1488
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-86wm-rrjm-8wh8 4.8

Buffer not correctly recycled in Gzip Request inflation

Impact

If GZIP request body inflation is enabled and requests from different clients are multiplexed onto a single connection and if an attacker can send a request with a body that is received entirely by not consumed by the application, then a subsequent request on the same connection will see that body prepended to it's body.

The attacker will not see any data, but may inject data into the body of the subsequent request

CVE score is 4.8 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Workarounds

The problem can be worked around by either:

  • Disabling compressed request body inflation by GzipHandler.
  • By always fully consuming the request content before sending a response.
  • By adding a Connection: close to any response where the servlet does not fully consume request content.
Record
GHSA-86wm-rrjm-8wh8
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-226
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 4.8

In Eclipse Jetty version 9.4.0.RC0 to 9.4.34.v20201102, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.0.beta2, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.0.beta2, if GZIP request body inflation is enabled and requests from different clients are multiplexed onto a single connection, and if an attacker can send a request with a body that is received entirely but not consumed by the application, then a subsequent request on the same connection will see that body prepended to its body. The attacker will not see any data but may inject data into the body of the subsequent request.

Record
CVE-2020-27218
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-27218 4.8

In Eclipse Jetty version 9.4.0.RC0 to 9.4.34.v20201102, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.0.beta2, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.0.beta2, if GZIP request body inflation is enabled and requests from different clients are multiplexed onto a single connection, and if an attacker can send a request with a body that is received entirely but not consumed by the application, then a subsequent request on the same connection will see that body prepended to its body. The attacker will not see any data but may inject data into the body of the subsequent request.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27218
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVGHSA-86wm-rrjm-8wh8 4.8

Buffer not correctly recycled in Gzip Request inflation

Impact

If GZIP request body inflation is enabled and requests from different clients are multiplexed onto a single connection and if an attacker can send a request with a body that is received entirely by not consumed by the application, then a subsequent request on the same connection will see that body prepended to it's body.

The attacker will not see any data, but may inject data into the body of the subsequent request

CVE score is 4.8 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Workarounds

The problem can be worked around by either:

  • Disabling compressed request body inflation by GzipHandler.
  • By always fully consuming the request content before sending a response.
  • By adding a Connection: close to any response where the servlet does not fully consume request content.
Record
GHSA-86wm-rrjm-8wh8
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-226
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2021:2431 8.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.41 security update

Record
RHSA-2021:2431
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2021:2499 7.0

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.36 security update

Record
RHSA-2021:2499
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2021:2517 8.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 3.11.462 bug fix and security update

Record
RHSA-2021:2517
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-27218 4.8

In Eclipse Jetty version 9.4.0.RC0 to 9.4.34.v20201102, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.0.beta2, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.0.beta2, if GZIP request body inflation is enabled and requests from different clients are multiplexed onto a single connection, and if an attacker can send a request with a body that is received entirely but not consumed by the application, then a subsequent request on the same connection will see that body prepended to its body. The attacker will not see any data but may inject data into the body of the subsequent request.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27218
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-kafka-2020-27218 No score

In Eclipse Jetty version 9.4.0.RC0 to 9.4.34.v20201102, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.0.beta2, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.0.beta2, if GZIP request body inflation is enabled and requests from different clients are multiplexed onto a single connection, and if an attacker can send a request with a body that is received entirely but not consumed by the application, then a subsequent request on the same connection will see that body prepended to its body. The attacker will not see any data but may inject data into the body of the subsequent request.

Record
BIT-kafka-2020-27218
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-spark-2020-27218 No score

In Eclipse Jetty version 9.4.0.RC0 to 9.4.34.v20201102, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.0.beta2, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.0.beta2, if GZIP request body inflation is enabled and requests from different clients are multiplexed onto a single connection, and if an attacker can send a request with a body that is received entirely but not consumed by the application, then a subsequent request on the same connection will see that body prepended to its body. The attacker will not see any data but may inject data into the body of the subsequent request.

Record
BIT-spark-2020-27218
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:0012-1 No score

Security update for jetty-minimal

This update for jetty-minimal fixes the following issues:

  • jetty-minimal was upgraded to version 9.4.35.v20201120
  • CVE-2020-27218: Fixed an issue where buffer not correctly recycled in Gzip Request inflation (bsc#1179727).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:0012-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10878-1 No score

jetty-annotations-9.4.43-1.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the jetty-annotations-9.4.43-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10878-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:3922-1 No score

Security update for jetty-minimal

This update for jetty-minimal fixes the following issues:

  • jetty-minimal was upgraded to version 9.4.35.v20201120
  • CVE-2020-27218: Fixed an issue where buffer not correctly recycled in Gzip Request inflation (bsc#1179727).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:3922-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server
Maven
9.4.0 to 9.4.34
9.4.35.v20201120
kafka
Bitnami
2.7.0 up to 2.7.1
2.7.1
spark
Bitnami
2.4.8 up to 2.4.9, 3.0.3 up to 3.0.4
2.4.93.0.4
jetty9
Debian:12
before 9.4.35-1
9.4.35-1
jetty9
Debian:13
before 9.4.35-1
9.4.35-1
jetty9
Debian:14
before 9.4.35-1
9.4.35-1
jetty9
Debian:10
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 9.4.50-4+deb10u1, plus listed versions
9.4.15-19.4.16-0+deb10u19.4.16-0+deb10u29.4.16-0+deb10u39.4.18-1
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9.4.18-29.4.26-19.4.26-1~bpo10+19.4.27-19.4.28-19.4.28-1~bpo10+19.4.29-19.4.31-19.4.31-1~bpo10+19.4.33-19.4.33-1~bpo10+19.4.35-19.4.35-1~bpo10+19.4.36-19.4.36-1~bpo10+19.4.38-19.4.38-1~bpo10+19.4.39-19.4.39-1~bpo10+19.4.39-29.4.39-39.4.44-19.4.44-29.4.44-39.4.44-49.4.45-19.4.46-19.4.48-19.4.49-19.4.49-1.19.4.50-19.4.50-1~bpo11+19.4.50-29.4.50-39.4.50-4
9.4.50-4+deb10u1
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server
Maven
9.4.0 up to 9.4.35.v20201120, plus listed versions
9.4.0.v201612089.4.0.v201806199.4.1.v201701209.4.1.v201806199.4.10.RC0
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9.4.10.RC19.4.10.v201805039.4.11.v201806059.4.12.RC09.4.12.RC19.4.12.RC29.4.12.v201808309.4.13.v201811119.4.14.v201811149.4.15.v201902159.4.16.v201904119.4.17.v201904189.4.18.v201904299.4.19.v201906109.4.2.v201702209.4.2.v201806199.4.20.v201908139.4.21.v201909269.4.22.v201910229.4.23.v201911189.4.24.v201911209.4.25.v201912209.4.26.v202001179.4.27.v202002279.4.28.v202004089.4.29.v202005219.4.3.v201703179.4.3.v201806199.4.30.v202006119.4.31.v202007239.4.32.v202009309.4.33.v202010209.4.34.v202011029.4.4.v201704149.4.4.v201806199.4.5.v201705029.4.5.v201806199.4.6.v201705319.4.6.v201806199.4.7.RC09.4.7.v201709149.4.7.v201806199.4.8.v201711219.4.8.v201806199.4.9.v20180320
9.4.35.v20201120
jenkins
Red Hat:openshift:4.5::el7
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.277.3.1623846768-1.el7
0:2.277.3.1623846768-1.el7
jenkins-2-plugins
Red Hat:openshift:4.5::el7
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:4.5.1623326336-1.el7
0:4.5.1623326336-1.el7
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
jenkins
Red Hat:openshift:4.6::el8
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.277.3.1623853726-1.el8
0:2.277.3.1623853726-1.el8
jenkins
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.289.1.1624365627-1.el7
0:2.289.1.1624365627-1.el7
jenkins-2-plugins
Red Hat:openshift:3.11::el7
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:3.11.1624366838-1.el7
0:3.11.1624366838-1.el7
jetty-minimal
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2
before 9.4.35-3.3.4
9.4.35-3.3.4
jetty
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
6.1.26-1ubuntu16.1.26-1ubuntu1.16.1.26-1ubuntu1.2
None known
eclipse
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.8.1-8
None known
jetty
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
6.1.26-56.1.26-5ubuntu0.1
None known
eclipse
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.8.1-103.8.1-11
None known
jetty-minimal
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
before 9.4.35-lp152.2.3.1
9.4.35-lp152.2.3.1
jetty-websocket
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
before 9.4.35-lp152.2.3.1
9.4.35-lp152.2.3.1

History

History
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affected, facts
aliases, productsEUVD
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In short

CVE-2020-27218 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Eclipse Jetty, published November 28, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.28%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server 9.4.35.v20201120.

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