HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2017-7657
CRITICAL

CVE-2017-7657

CWE-444Published: June 26, 2018· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

9.8
CVSS v3.1

Official Description

In Eclipse Jetty, versions 9.2.x and older, 9.3.x (all configurations), and 9.4.x (non-default configuration with RFC2616 compliance enabled), transfer-encoding chunks are handled poorly. The chunk length parsing was vulnerable to an integer overflow. Thus a large chunk size could be interpreted as a smaller chunk size and content sent as chunk body could be interpreted as a pipelined request. If Jetty was deployed behind an intermediary that imposed some authorization and that intermediary allowed arbitrarily large chunks to be passed on unchanged, then this flaw could be used to bypass the authorization imposed by the intermediary as the fake pipelined request would not be interpreted by the intermediary as a request.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2017-7657 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

The vulnerability requires no privileges and no user interaction, making it a prime target for automated exploitation campaigns and worm-like propagation.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 9.8.

CVSS v3.1 Vector Breakdown

Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges Req.None
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Vendors & Products

Debian1 product(s)
debian linux
eclipse1 product(s)
jetty
HP2 product(s)
xp p9000 command viewxp p9000
netapp12 product(s)
e-series santricity managemente-series santricity os controllere-series santricity web serviceselement softwareelement software management nodehci storage nodesoncommand system manageroncommand unified managersantricity cloud connectorsnap creator frameworksnapcentersnapmanager
Oracle2 product(s)
rest data servicesretail xstore point of service
Source: NVD CPE · 24 total CPE entries

Exploit & PoC Resources

NO KNOWN EXPLOITNo public exploit confirmed at this time
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Official Patches & Advisories

All References (32)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041194Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry

Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2017-7657
CVSS Score9.8 / 10
SeverityCRITICAL
WeaknessCWE-444
CISA KEVNo
Affected5 vendor(s)
PublishedJun 26, 2018

Related CVEs (CWE-444)

Recommended Actions

  • Apply vendor patches immediately
  • Monitor CVE-2017-7657 in threat intel feeds
  • Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts
Data sourced from NVD (NIST), CISA KEV, and EPSS (FIRST). Analysis generated by CTIWATCH.COM. CVE data is provided under the NVD usage policy.