CVE-2026-87742 PUBLISHED

Quarkus-websockets-next: denial of service (oom) in quarkus-websockets-next via unbounded message buffering

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 09.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

A flaw was found in quarkus-websockets-next. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by streaming messages over a single connection faster than the application can process them. Due to unbounded message buffering and a lack of read backpressure, this rapidly exhausts heap space, leading to a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError that crashes the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor Red Hat
Product Exploit Intelligence
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat build of Quarkus
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3
Versions Default: affected

Workarounds

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank Michael Read ((https://github.com/Michael-JRead)) for reporting this issue.

References

Problem Types

  • Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE