Service interruption via per-connection FastThreadLocal allocation
Published Mar 27, 2024 · Updated Aug 4, 2026
Memory leakage in Eclipse Vert.x 4.4.5 through 4.4.6 and 4.5.0 through 4.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to exhaust JVM memory. CombinerExecutor creates an instance FastThreadLocal for every HTTP-client connection pool, continually increasing Netty's global index and expanding each thread's backing array. Exploitation requires an application that lets a user influence many HTTP-client destination hosts; sustained requests can exhaust memory and interrupt the JVM.
Summary
What happened
Memory leakage in Eclipse Vert.x 4.4.5 through 4.4.6 and 4.5.0 through 4.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to exhaust JVM memory. CombinerExecutor creates an instance FastThreadLocal for every HTTP-client connection pool, continually increasing Netty's global index and expanding each thread's backing array. Exploitation requires an application that lets a user influence many HTTP-client destination hosts; sustained requests can exhaust memory and interrupt the JVM.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-1023
- Published
- Mar 27, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2026
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat JBoss Data Grid
- Classifications
- CWE-401, T1499.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 27, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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