CVE-2024-54016: compression bomb attack in Apache Seata Server

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-409

Description

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) vulnerability in Apache Seata (incubating). This issue affects Apache Seata (incubating): through <=2.2.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.3.0, which fixes the issue.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Seata (incubating): from 2.0.0 before 2.3.0 — fixed in 2.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Seata (incubating) 2.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/grn0x8tmssx07qc9z50lwgmrkwzrrhzg
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/19/6

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