Uncontrolled resource consumption in Oracle Helidon
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
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Vulnerability in the Helidon product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Imperative Web Server). Supported versions that are affected are 3.0.0-3.2.18. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Helidon. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Helidon. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-73882
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-62hf-3432-5r3m
References
Advisory 1
More Oracle Helidon vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-51942 Improper access control in Oracle Helidon CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-51933 Improper access control in Oracle Helidon CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-51932 Improper access control in Oracle Helidon CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-51924 Improper access control in Oracle Helidon CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-51917 Improper access control in Oracle Helidon CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-49858 Improper access control in Oracle Helidon CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-73882 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-73882 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-62hf-3432-5r3m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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