CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-15565

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.47%

39th percentile - higher than 39% of all known CVEs

Summary

A flaw was found in Undertow. A remote attacker can cause Out of Memory on websockets endpoint without authentication on any @ServerEndpoint class that has any @OnMessage method. This allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service attack without authentication and using only a standard WebSocket handshake.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes server memory exhaustion and service unavailability, which could lead to application downtime.

Recommendation

Update Undertow to a patched version and implement restrictions for WebSocket connections, such as message size limits and authentication.

Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in Undertow. A remote attacker can cause Out of Memory on websockets endpoint without authentication on any @ServerEndpoint class that has any @OnMessage method. This allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service attack without authentication and using only a standard WebSocket handshake.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS