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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2026-15561 json

Undertow-core: oom via missing limits in chunked trailer in eap's undertow

published 2026-08-11 2 mo ago modified 2026-11-01 8 d ago also EUVD-2026-55985

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in EAP's undertow http/1.1 chunked-transfer decoder. missing limits on size and count would allow an attacker to use an unauthenticated connection to drive the JVM to an OutOfMemory error, stopping all deployments on the listener, and achieving Denial of Service.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 0:1.5.26-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:1.10.0-46.Final_redhat_00044.1.el7eap, 0:2.2.40-2.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:2.3.14-11.SP11_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:2.5.5-24.SP12_redhat_00016.1.el7eap, 0:2.5.5-30.SP12_redhat_00020.1.el7eap, 0:2.16.0-22.redhat_00057.1.el7eap, 0:2.18.8-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap, 0:4.1.135-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:5.0.31-3.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, 0:7.4.25-2.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.8.GA 2.3.26.SP3-redhat-00001
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 10 0:1.2.7-1.redhat_00002.1.el10eap, 0:1.85.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:2.0.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:2.1.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:2.2.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:2.18.9-1.redhat_00003.1.el10eap, 0:2.40.0-8.redhat_00024.1.el10eap, 0:3.0.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:3.0.22-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:3.1.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:3.6.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:4.0.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:4.1.5-5.redhat_00008.1.el10eap, 0:4.1.7-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:5.0.31-1.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:5.1.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:6.6.54-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:7.4.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el10eap, 0:801.8.0-1.GA_redhat_00001.1.el10eap
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 8 0:1.2.7-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, 0:1.85.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:2.0.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:2.1.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:2.2.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:2.18.9-1.redhat_00003.1.el8eap, 0:2.40.0-8.redhat_00024.1.el8eap, 0:3.0.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:3.0.22-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:3.1.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:3.6.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:4.0.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:4.1.5-5.redhat_00008.1.el8eap, 0:4.1.7-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:5.0.31-1.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:5.1.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:6.6.54-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:7.4.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 0:801.8.0-1.GA_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 9 0:1.2.7-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap, 0:1.85.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:2.0.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:2.1.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:2.2.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:2.18.9-1.redhat_00003.1.el9eap, 0:2.40.0-8.redhat_00024.1.el9eap, 0:3.0.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1el9eap, 0:3.0.22-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:3.1.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:3.6.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:4.0.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:4.1.5-5.redhat_00008.1.el9eap, 0:4.1.7-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:5.0.31-1.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:5.1.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:6.6.54-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:7.4.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, 0:801.8.0-1.GA_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap8-jaxb jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el10eap
  • eap8-txw2 jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el10eap
  • eap8-xsom jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el10eap
  • eap8-log4j jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 2.25.4-1.redhat_00003.1.el10eap
  • eap8-netty jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 4.1.136-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el10eap
  • eap8-rngom jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el10eap
  • eap8-slf4j jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 2.0.18-1.redhat_00001.1.el10eap
  • eap8-neethi jboss enterprise application platform 8.1 3.2.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el10eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:70230RHSA-2026:70229RHSA-2026:70228RHSA-2026:53645RHSA-2026:53646RHSA-2026:53644

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-15561 updated cvss 7.5

undertow-core: OOM via missing limits in chunked trailer in EAP's Undertow

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 undertow-core
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.4.25-2.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.18.8-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-netty 4.1.135-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-undertow 2.2.40-2.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jackson-databind 2.18.8-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-netty-all 4.1.135-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +78 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:53644
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 for RHEL 8 eap8-jaxb 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap8-txw2 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap8-xsom 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap8-rngom 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap8-log4j 2.25.4-1.redhat_00003.1.el8eap, eap8-neethi 3.2.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +101 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:70228
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 for RHEL 9 eap8-jaxb 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap8-txw2 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap8-xsom 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap8-rngom 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap8-log4j 2.25.4-1.redhat_00003.1.el9eap, eap8-neethi 3.2.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, +101 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:70229
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 for RHEL 10 eap8-jaxb 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el10eap, eap8-txw2 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el10eap, eap8-xsom 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el10eap, eap8-rngom 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el10eap, eap8-log4j 2.25.4-1.redhat_00003.1.el10eap, eap8-neethi 3.2.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el10eap, +100 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:70230
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.25
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:53806
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.8.GA undertow-core 2.3.26.SP3-redhat-00001
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:70277
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.8.GA pom.xml, aesh 2.4, c3 0.6.4, d3 7.4.3, he 1.2.0, lr 1.4.2, +1868 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
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  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack undertow-core
    not affected: inline mitigations already exist

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.25
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.8.GA
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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