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CVE-2026-5680

Undertow

Description

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.

CVSS 7.5EPSS 0.404%Risk 0.78
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Published
2026-08-27 17:18:58
Affected versions
unknown
Type
Library
Last modified
2026-08-27 17:18:58
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H