VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-22553

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-02-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Any git operation is passed through Jetty and a session is created. No expiry is set for the session and Jetty does not automatically dispose of the session. Over multiple git actions, this can lead to a heap memory exhaustion for Gerrit servers. We recommend upgrading Gerrit to any of the versions listed above.

Weakness classification

  • cve-coordination@google.com: CWE-400
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-772

Primary references