Medium, CVSS 6.5MavenPublished
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in WildFly
CVE-2020-25689 · GHSA-97hp-6q9g-5cw2
- Affected
- Maven org.wildfly:wildfly-dist <= 21.0.0
- Fixed in
- 21.0.1· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- A memory leak flaw was found in WildFly in all versions up to 21.0.0.Final, where host-controller tries to reconnect in a loop, generating new connections which are not properly closed while not able to connect to domain-controller. This flaw allows an attacker to cause an Out of memory (OOM) issue, leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 21.0.1 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.