XNIO denial of service vulnerability
A flaw was found in XNIO. The XNIO NotifierState that can cause a Stack Overflow Exception when the chain of notifier states becomes problematically large can lead to uncontrolled resource management and a possible denial of service (DoS). Version 3.8.14.Final is expected to contain a fix.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.jboss.xnio:xnio-api | < 3.8.14.Final | 3.8.14.Final |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5685
- https://github.com/xnio/xnio/commit/ffabdcdda508ef87aeadad5ca3f854e274d60ec1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7637
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7638
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7639
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7641
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10207
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10208
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2707
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5685
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241822
- https://github.com/xnio/xnio
- https://github.com/xnio/xnio/blob/3.8.13.Final/api/src/main/java/org/xnio/AbstractIoFuture.java#L249
- https://issues.redhat.com/browse/XNIO-423
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
org.jboss.xnio:xnio-api- Disclosed
- 22.03.2024
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 13:20
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-7f88-5hhx-67m2 - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: org.jboss.xnio:xnio-api
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