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CVE-2023-3171: Eap-7: heap exhaustion via deserialization
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2023-12-27 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-789
Description
A flaw was found in EAP-7 during deserialization of certain classes, which permits instantiation of HashMap and HashTable with no checks on resources consumed. This issue could allow an attacker to submit malicious requests using these classes, which could eventually exhaust the heap and result in a Denial of Service.
Affected products
- Red Hat JBoss EAP: 7.4
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5484
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5486
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5488
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3171
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213639
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5484
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5486
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5488
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3171
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213639
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