CVE-2021-22553

MEDIUM

Gerrit - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-772 CWE-400
Status published

Affected Products (1)

google/gerrit < 2.15.22

Timeline

Published Feb 17, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026