A flaw was found in Undertow. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted WebSocket messages with permessage-deflate negotiated. This could lead to excessive memory consumption due to the PerMessageDeflateFunction.largerBuffer() method using exponential doubling, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected application.
HIGH
Vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2026-5680
CVSS 3.17.5
SeverityHigh
Known exploitedNo
NVD references:
Primary source: NIST National Vulnerability Database