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CVE-2020-27223

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.2 EPSS 77.95% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-02-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.2. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 78.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2020-27223
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.2
EPSS
77.95%

Original NVD Description

In Eclipse Jetty 9.4.6.v20170531 to 9.4.36.v20210114 (inclusive), 10.0.0, and 11.0.0 when Jetty handles a request containing multiple Accept headers with a large number of “quality” (i.e. q) parameters, the server may enter a denial of service (DoS) state due to high CPU usage processing those quality values, resulting in minutes of CPU time exhausted processing those quality values.

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