Rhcs: memory leak during https connection leads to denial of service (Red Hat Red Hat Certificate System 9)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.44 % · percentile 38 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
An unauthenticated attacker could trigger an Out of Memory condition to crash the Java process for RHCS by repeatedly sending HTTP requests to the TLS endpoint. Depending on how the RHCS server is configured, a manual intervention to restart it may prove necessary.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-48375
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-12353
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat · Red Hat Certificate System 9 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |