CVE-2026-5680

Published: Aug 27, 2026Modified: Sep 9, 2026

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

References (2)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5680

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455350

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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