Hibernate-reactive-core: hibernate reactive: denial of service due to connection leak on http client disconnect
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-772.
Summary
A flaw was found in Hibernate Reactive. When an HTTP endpoint is exposed to perform database operations, a remote client can prematurely close the HTTP connection. This action may lead to leaking connections from the database connection pool, potentially causing a Denial of Service (DoS) by exhausting available database connections.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.2.redhat | — | 3.1.12.Final-redhat-00001 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | — | — | Not affected | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | — | — | Not affected | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | — | — | Not affected | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | — | — | Not affected | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | — | — | Not affected | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | — | — | Not affected | CNA |
| — | org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core (Maven) | before 4.2.1 | 4.2.1 | Patch available | GHSA-frpp-8pwq-hjrx |
- Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.2.redhat VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 3.1.12.Final-redhat-00001 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected 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 Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
- org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 4.2.1 Fixed in 4.2.1 Patch available GHSA-frpp-8pwq-hjrx
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-frpp-8pwq-hjrx org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core (Maven) Fixed in 4.2.1 Advisory →
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2026:1965 Released 2026-02-05 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.2 release and security update
- Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.2.redhat com.ongres.scram.scram-common-3.2.0.redhat-00001.jar, io.netty.netty-codec-http-4.1.130.Final-redhat-00001.jar, io.quarkus.quarkus-rest-3.27.2.redhat-00001.jar +1
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.2.redhat | Fixed | RHSA-2026:1965 |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
- Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.2.redhat
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14969
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-frpp-8pwq-hjrx
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: org.hibernate.reactive/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.2.redhat · Red Hat
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Sources
- CVE-2025-14969 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14969 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-frpp-8pwq-hjrx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-14969 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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