Vulnerability in Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Vert.x

[ Description ]Official description

In Eclipse Vert.x versions [5.0.0,5.0.12] or [5.1.0,5.1.9] or [5.2.0, 5.2.0], the HTTP proxy provides a body transformer interceptor that relies on a max buffered bytes limit to ensure a bounded buffer for each request. This can be used to force a server to indefinitely allocate heap. This vulnerability requires to use an intercepting body transformer. The impacted component is io.vertx:vertx-http-proxy.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• github.com/eclipse-vertx/vertx-http-proxy/security/advisories/GHSA-mjwh-5qfp-hjgcVendor Advisory
• gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/351Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory