Vulnerability · Published May 24, 2022 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2021-3597

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity race condition in undertow. 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 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in undertow. The HTTP2SourceChannel fails to write the final frame under some circumstances, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is availability. This flaw affects Undertow versions prior to 2.0.35.SP1, prior to 2.2.6.SP1, prior to 2.2.7.SP1, prior to 2.0.36.SP1, prior to 2.2.9.Final and prior to 2.0.39.Final.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14undertow2.2.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3597
Mavenio.undertow:undertow-core2.2.9.FinalGHSA-mfhv-gwf8-4m88
Mavenio.undertow:undertow-core2.0.39.FinalGHSA-mfhv-gwf8-4m88
Ubuntu:25.10undertowno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-3597
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSundertowno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-3597
Ubuntu:26.10undertowno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-3597

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a undertow undertow 2.0.35.SP1, undertow 2.2.6.SP1, undertow 2.2.7.SP1, undertow 2.0.36.SP1, undertow 2.2.9.Final, undertow 2.0.39.Final

Weakness: CWE-362

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