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CVE-2026-5680 Undertow-core: undertow: denial of service via websocket permessage-deflate processing

Description

A flaw was found in Undertow. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted WebSocket messages with permessage-deflate negotiated. This could lead to excessive memory consumption due to the PerMessageDeflateFunction.largerBuffer() method using exponential doubling, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected application.

CVSS 3.1 detail

Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitable remotely over the network, without an account and without any user action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 Versions not published
Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 Versions not published
Red Hat Data Grid 8 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Versions not published
Red Hat Fuse 7 Versions not published
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 Versions not published
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 Versions not published
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Product Affected versions Fixed in
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack Versions not published
Red Hat Process Automation 7 Versions not published
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 Versions not published
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 10 Versions not published
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 8 Versions not published
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 9 Versions not published
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 Versions not published
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.8.GA 2.3 earliest → < 2.3.26.SP3-redhat-00001 2.3.26.SP3-redhat-00001

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