[ CVE-2026-103224 · Published 15 Oct 2026 ]
Vulnerability in Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Vert.x
[ Description ]Official description
In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0, 4.5.34] or [5.0.0,5.0.12] or [5.1.0,5.1.9] or [5.2.0, 5.2.0], the MySQL message decoder aggregates inbound multi-packet payloads into a composite direct-memory buffer without any cumulative size limit. A malicious, compromised, or man-in-the-middle MySQL server can send a continuous stream of packets with the maximum payload length (0xFFFFFF), preventing the end-of-message condition from being reached, causing unbounded direct-memory allocation on the client and leading to an out-of-memory crash. This occurs before authentication completes. The impacted component is io.vertx:vertx-mysql-client.
[ 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-sql-client/security/advisories/GHSA-75hv-9xj3-3cr8Vendor Advisory
- gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/353Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory