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Undertow Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 25, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 12, 2025

Package

maven io.undertow:undertow-core (Maven)

Affected versions

<= 2.0.39.Final
>= 2.1.0, <= 2.2.10.Final

Patched versions

2.0.40.Final
2.2.11.Final

Description

A flaw was found in Undertow. A potential security issue in flow control handling by the browser over HTTP/2 may potentially cause overhead or a denial of service in the server. The highest threat from this vulnerability is availability. This flaw affects Undertow versions prior to 2.0.40.Final and prior to 2.2.11.Final.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 24, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 25, 2022
Reviewed May 25, 2022
Last updated Jun 12, 2025

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(27th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-3629

GHSA ID

GHSA-rf6q-vx79-mjxr

Source code

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