Smallrye-fault-tolerance: smallrye fault tolerance
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.
- Published
- Mar 12, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 13, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.0% · 62th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-1325
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Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.0%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · redhat
- 7.5
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
github.com/smallrye/smallrye-fault-tolerance smallrye-fault-tolerance-core
- 6.3.0 and later · before 6.4.2affected · semver
- 6.5.0 and later · before 6.9.0affected · semver
Red Hat Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.8 for Quarkus 3.15
- all versionsunknown
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.8.5 for Spring Boot
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat build of Quarkus
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.15.4
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat Fuse 7
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat Integration Camel K 1
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- all versionsunknown
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | io.smallrye:smallrye-fault-tolerance-core | from 6.3.0 · before 6.4.2 | 6.4.2 |
| Maven | io.smallrye:smallrye-fault-tolerance-core | from 6.5.0 · before 6.9.0 | 6.9.0 |
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| github.com/smallrye/smallrye-fault-tolerance smallrye-fault-tolerance-core | 6.4.2 | Vendor (CNA) |
| github.com/smallrye/smallrye-fault-tolerance smallrye-fault-tolerance-core | 6.9.0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Maven:io.smallrye:smallrye-fault-tolerance-core | 6.4.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:io.smallrye:smallrye-fault-tolerance-core | 6.9.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-1325 · Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory AllocationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3376
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3541
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3543
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-2240
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2351452
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-gfh6-3pqw-x2j4
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.