#1149964 undertow: CVE-2026-5680

Package:
src:undertow
Source:
src:undertow
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2026-10-04 19:19:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1149964#5
Date:
2026-10-04 19:17:13 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for undertow.

CVE-2026-5680[0]:
| A flaw was found in Undertow. A remote attacker could exploit this
| vulnerability by sending specially crafted WebSocket messages with
| permessage-deflate negotiated. This could lead to excessive memory
| consumption due to the PerMessageDeflateFunction.largerBuffer()
| method using exponential doubling, resulting in a Denial of Service
| (DoS) for the affected application.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-5680
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5680
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455350

Regards,
Salvatore