Infinite Loop Denial of Service Vulnerability in Apache CXF's JsonMapObjectReaderWriter

Infinite Loop Denial of Service Vulnerability in Apache CXF's JsonMapObjectReaderWriter

CVE-2021-30468 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A vulnerability in the JsonMapObjectReaderWriter of Apache CXF allows an attacker to submit malformed JSON to a web service, which results in the thread getting stuck in an infinite loop, consuming CPU indefinitely. This issue affects Apache CXF versions prior to 3.4.4; Apache CXF versions prior to 3.3.11.

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