GHSA-xxh7-fcf3-rj7f
The Eclipse Jetty Server Artifact has a Gzip request memory leak
Quick fix
GHSA-xxh7-fcf3-rj7f — org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
# pom.xml: bump <version>12.1.6</version> for org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-serverDetails
### Description (as reported)
There is a memory leak when using `GzipHandler` in jetty-12.0.30 that can cause off-heap OOMs. This can be used for DoS attacks so I'm reporting this as a vulnerability.
The leak is created by requests where the request is inflated (`Content-Encoding: gzip`) and the response is not deflated (no `Accept-Encoding: gzip`). In these conditions, a new inflator will be created by `GzipRequest` and never released back into `GzipRequest.__inflaterPool` because `gzipRequest.destory()` is not called.
In heap dumps one can see thousands of `java.util.zip.Inflator` objects, which use both Java heaps and native memory. Leaking native memory causes of off-heap OOMs.
Code path in `GzipHandler.handle()`: 1. Line 601: `GzipRequest` is created when request inflation is needed. 2. Lines 611-616: The callback is only wrapped in `GzipResponseAndCallback` when both inflation and deflation are needed. 3. Lines 619-625: If the handler accepts the request (returns true), `gzipRequest.destroy()` is only called in the "request not accepted" path (returns false)
When deflation is needed, `GzipResponseAndCallback` (lines 102 and 116) properly calls `gzipRequest.destroy()` in its `succeeded()` and `failed()` methods. But this wrapper is only created when deflation is needed.
Possible fix: The callback should be wrapped whenever a `GzipRequest` is created, not just when deflation is needed. This ensures `gzipRequest.destroy()` is always called when the request completes.
### Impact The leak causes the JVM to crash with OOME.
### Patches No patches yet.
### Workarounds Disable `GzipHandler`.
### References https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/issues/14260
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/issues/79
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Affected packages
12.1.0Fixed in: 12.1.6# pom.xml: bump <version>12.1.6</version> for org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server12.0.0Fixed in: 12.0.32# pom.xml: bump <version>12.0.32</version> for org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-serverReferences
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-xxh7-fcf3-rj7f[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1605[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/issues/14260[WEB]
- https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project[PACKAGE]
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/issues/79[WEB]