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TI-2023-05228 Aliases CVE-2023-5685GHSA-7f88-5hhx-67m2

Xnio: stackoverflowexception when the chain of notifier states becomes problematically big

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 7 fixed, 5 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

A flaw was found in XNIO. The XNIO NotifierState that can cause a Stack Overflow Exception when the chain of notifier states becomes problematically large can lead to uncontrolled resource management and a possible denial of service (DoS).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.03479 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.jboss.xnio:xnio-api (Maven): 3.8.14.FinalRed Hat: 7 advisoriesRed Hat: 7 fixed, 5 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatRed Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.0 for Spring Boot——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform—3.8.11.SP1-redhat-00001Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7—3.1.16-3.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7—1.7.6-2.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7—1.68.0-1.redhat_00005.1.ep7.el7Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7—1.4.197-2.redhat_00005.1.ep7.el7Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7—2.8.11.6-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7—2.0.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7—3.5.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7—7.1.8-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7—2.7.1-26.redhat_00015.1.ep7.el7Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7—3.4.10-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7—1.7.6-8.redhat_00003.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7—1.4.197-3.redhat_00004.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7—2.0.1-4.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7—2.0.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7—1.7.2-12.Final_redhat_00013.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7—3.7.13-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7—1.2.2-2.Final_redhat_00002.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7—7.3.11-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7—2.3.3-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7—2.7.1-38.redhat_00015.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7—2.2.3-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8—3.8.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9—3.8.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7—3.8.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eapPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4——No fix listedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Build of Keycloak——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Data Grid 8——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Integration Camel K 1——No fix listedCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Data Grid 7——No fix listedCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6——No fix listedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Process Automation 7——No fix listedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Single Sign-On 7——Not affectedCNA
—org.jboss.xnio:xnio-api (Maven)before 3.8.14.Final3.8.14.FinalPatch availableGHSA-7f88-5hhx-67m2
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.0 for Spring Boot VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 3.8.11.SP1-redhat-00001 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 3.1.16-3.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.7.6-2.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.68.0-1.redhat_00005.1.ep7.el7 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.4.197-2.redhat_00005.1.ep7.el7 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 2.8.11.6-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 2.0.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 3.5.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.1.8-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 2.7.1-26.redhat_00015.1.ep7.el7 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 3.4.10-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.7.6-8.redhat_00003.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.4.197-3.redhat_00004.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 2.0.1-4.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 2.0.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.7.2-12.Final_redhat_00013.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 3.7.13-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.2.2-2.Final_redhat_00002.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.3.11-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 2.3.3-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 2.7.1-38.redhat_00015.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 2.2.3-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 3.8.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 3.8.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 3.8.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Red Hat Build of Keycloak VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat Data Grid 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • org.jboss.xnio:xnio-api (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 3.8.14.Final Fixed in 3.8.14.Final Patch available GHSA-7f88-5hhx-67m2

CPE names CNA · 18

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/a:redhat:apache-camel-spring-boot:4.4.04.4.0—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.47.4—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el77.1—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.3::el77.3—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el87.4—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el97.4—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el77.4—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:camel_spring_boot:33—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:apache_camel_hawtio:44—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:——Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:apache-camel-spring-boot:4.4.0 Versions 4.4.0 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4 Versions 7.4 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7 Versions 7.1 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.3::el7 Versions 7.3 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el8 Versions 7.4 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el9 Versions 7.4 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7 Versions 7.4 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:camel_spring_boot:3 Versions 3 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:apache_camel_hawtio:4 Versions 4 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak: Versions — — ·Red Hat
Show 8 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:88—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:camel_k:11—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:77—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:88—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:jbosseapxp——Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_fuse_service_works:66—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_bpms:77—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:77—Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:8 Versions 8 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:camel_k:1 Versions 1 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:7 Versions 7 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8 Versions 8 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jbosseapxp Versions — — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_fuse_service_works:6 Versions 6 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_bpms:7 Versions 7 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7 Versions 7 — ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-7f88-5hhx-67m2 org.jboss.xnio:xnio-api (Maven) Fixed in 3.8.14.Final Advisory →

Red Hat 7 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:10207 Released 2024-11-25 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.11 Security update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-apache-cxf-3.4.10-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf-rt-3.4.10-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf-services-3.4.10-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap +44
  • RHSA-2024:10208 Released 2024-11-25 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.8 on RHEL 7 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-apache-cxf-3.1.16-3.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf-rt-3.1.16-3.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf-services-3.1.16-3.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 +14
  • RHSA-2024:2707 Released 2024-05-06 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Build of Apache Camel security update
    • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.0 for Spring Boot
Show 4 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2023:7638 Released 2023-12-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.14 on RHEL 8 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-activemq-artemis-2.16.0-17.redhat_00051.1.el8eap, eap7-activemq-artemis-cli-2.16.0-17.redhat_00051.1.el8eap, eap7-activemq-artemis-commons-2.16.0-17.redhat_00051.1.el8eap +47
  • RHSA-2023:7641 Released 2023-12-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.14 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform com.google.guava.guava-32.1.1.jre-redhat-00001.jar, io.netty.netty-codec-http2-4.1.94.Final-redhat-00003.jar, io.undertow.undertow-core-2.2.28.SP1-redhat-00001.jar +4
  • RHSA-2023:7637 Released 2023-12-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.14 on RHEL 7 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-activemq-artemis-2.16.0-17.redhat_00051.1.el7eap, eap7-activemq-artemis-cli-2.16.0-17.redhat_00051.1.el7eap, eap7-activemq-artemis-commons-2.16.0-17.redhat_00051.1.el7eap +47
  • RHSA-2023:7639 Released 2023-12-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.14 on RHEL 9 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9 eap7-activemq-artemis-2.16.0-17.redhat_00051.1.el9eap, eap7-activemq-artemis-cli-2.16.0-17.redhat_00051.1.el9eap, eap7-activemq-artemis-commons-2.16.0-17.redhat_00051.1.el9eap +47

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Integration Camel K 1AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Process Automation 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2023:7637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:7638
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2023:7639
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Fixed RHSA-2023:7641
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2024:10208
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2024:10207
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.0 for Spring BootFixed RHSA-2024:2707
Not affected: 10 products
  • Red Hat Build of Keycloak
  • Red Hat Data Grid 8
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5685
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7f88-5hhx-67m2

References

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