CVE-2024-41172: Apache CXF allows unrestricted memory consumption in CXF HTTP clients

July 19, 2024

In versions of Apache CXF before 3.6.4 and 4.0.5 (3.5.x and lower versions are not impacted), a CXF HTTP client conduit may prevent HTTPClient instances from being garbage collected and it is possible that memory consumption will continue to increase, eventually causing the application to run out of memory

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mgg-fqfq-64hg
github.com/apache/cxf
lists.apache.org/thread/n2hvbrgwpdtcqdccod8by28ynnolybl6
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41172

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