CVE-2020-25689
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in WildFly
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.24%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-25689
To remediate CVE-2020-25689, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 21.0.1 or later
- —upgrade to 21.0.1 or later
Is CVE-2020-25689 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 21.0.1
- from 0, < 21.0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |