CVE-2025-43816: Liferay Portal and DXP vulnerable to a memory leak

September 25, 2025 (updated September 26, 2025)

A memory leak in the headless API for StructuredContents in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows an attacker to cause server unavailability (denial of service) via repeatedly calling the API endpoint.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrqm-qpw9-w8rv
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-18005
liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43816
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43816

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