Unauthenticated server crash via unlimited WebSocket resources
Published Aug 31, 2026 · Updated Aug 31, 2026
Resource exhaustion in Undertow WebSocket handling allows remote attackers to crash affected Red Hat application servers. WebSocketDeploymentInfo supplies no finite defaults, while Bootstrap propagates unlimited buffer sizes and omits idle-timeout enforcement. An unauthenticated attacker needs network access to a deployed WebSocket endpoint and can consume memory with oversized messages or retain resources through idle connections.
Summary
What happened
Resource exhaustion in Undertow WebSocket handling allows remote attackers to crash affected Red Hat application servers. WebSocketDeploymentInfo supplies no finite defaults, while Bootstrap propagates unlimited buffer sizes and omits idle-timeout enforcement. An unauthenticated attacker needs network access to a deployed WebSocket endpoint and can consume memory with oversized messages or retain resources through idle connections.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-81624
- Published
- Aug 31, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 31, 2026
- Vendor
- 389 Directory Server
- Product
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Classifications
- CWE-770, T1499.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 31, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 31, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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