Vulnerability · Published Mar 12, 2025 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2025-2240Smallrye-fault-tolerance: smallrye fault tolerance

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in smallrye-fault-tolerance-core. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 30.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in Smallrye, where smallrye-fault-tolerance is vulnerable to an out-of-memory (OOM) issue. This vulnerability is externally triggered when calling the metrics URI. Every call creates a new object within meterMap and may lead to a denial of service (DoS) issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavenio.smallrye:smallrye-fault-tolerance-core6.4.2GHSA-gfh6-3pqw-x2j4
Mavenio.smallrye:smallrye-fault-tolerance-core6.9.0GHSA-gfh6-3pqw-x2j4

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-1325 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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