CVE-2024-6875 Infinispan: infinispan: rest compare api has buffer leak
Attackers can cause denial of service in Infinispan REST API by sending large POST requests, leading to buffer leaks and out-of-memory errors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6875?
CVE-2024-6875 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Red Hat Data Grid 8, published on 28 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in the Infinispan component in Red Hat Data Grid. The REST compare API may have a buffer leak and an out of memory error can occur when sending continual requests with large POST data to the REST API.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6875?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.infinispan:infinispan-query.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.infinispan:infinispan-query Maven | All versions | None |
org.infinispan:infinispan-query Maven | All versions | None |
org.infinispan:infinispan-query Maven | All versions to 15.0.5.Final | None |
org.infinispan:infinispan-query Maven | All versions to 15.0.5.Final | None |
How do I fix CVE-2024-6875?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6875 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-6875 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6875 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2q39-w2hw-2pjm.