CVE-2024-8391
Vertx gRPC server does not limit the maximum message size
5.8
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.36%
Description
In Eclipse Vert.x version 4.3.0 to 4.5.9, the gRPC server does not limit the maximum length of message payload (Maven GAV: io.vertx:vertx-grpc-server and io.vertx:vertx-grpc-client). This is fixed in the 4.5.10 version. Note this does not affect the Vert.x gRPC server based grpc-java and Netty libraries (Maven GAV: io.vertx:vertx-grpc)
How to fix CVE-2024-8391
To remediate CVE-2024-8391, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.5.10 or later
- —upgrade to 4.5.10 or later
Is CVE-2024-8391 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 4.3.0, < 4.5.10
- >= 4.3.0, < 4.5.10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L |