MEDIUMMaven →
Vert.x has a DoS via unbounded server-side SNI SslContext cache growth
Vert.x has a DoS via unbounded server-side SNI SslContext cache growth
Affected packages
- io.vertx:vertx-core— ≥ 4.3.4
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- No
- EPSS score
- —
- EPSS percentile
- —
EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs.
Sources
- https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/security/advisories/GHSA-3g76-f9xq-8vp6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6860
- https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/pull/6102
- https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x
- https://github.com/vert-x3/wiki/wiki/4.5.27-Release-Notes
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/381
- https://vertx.io/blog/eclipse-vert-x-4-5-27
- https://vertx.io/blog/eclipse-vert-x-5-0-12
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3g76-f9xq-8vp6
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