[HIGH] CVE-2024-7708 — CVSS 7.5 (July 14, 2026)

A HIGH-severity vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-7708 has been published on July 14, 2026 with a CVSS base score of 7.5. The vulnerability affects Eclipse Jetty. This security advisory provides a detailed breakdown of the vulnerability, its potential impact, weakness classification, and actionable steps to protect your systems.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID: CVE-2024-7708
Severity: HIGH
CVSS Score: 7.5
Published: July 14, 2026
Affected Product: Eclipse Jetty
Weakness (CWE): CWE-400

Technical Description

For requests that have a body, but reading the body may end up in reading 0 bytes, there is a buffer leak. This is particularly the case for 100-Continue, but any request where the network is slow can leak.

Potential Impact

If exploited, this high-severity vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service. Organizations running Eclipse Jetty should treat this as a priority remediation item.

Recommended Action

A patch or vendor advisory is available. Take the following steps immediately:

1. Review the vendor advisory linked in the References section below.
2. Identify all instances of the affected software in your environment.
3. Apply the available patch or upgrade to the fixed version as soon as possible.
4. If patching is not immediately possible, implement compensating controls such as WAF rules, network segmentation, or disabling the affected feature.
5. Monitor your systems for signs of exploitation using your SIEM or IDS/IPS.

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References

• Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

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