CVE-2024-8447 Narayana: deadlock via multiple join requests sent to lra coordinator
An attacker can cause a denial of service in the Narayana LRA Coordinator by sending concurrent join requests during a cancellation operation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-8447?
CVE-2024-8447 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7, published on 2 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A security issue was discovered in the LRA Coordinator component of Narayana. When Cancel is called in LRA, an execution time of approximately 2 seconds occurs. If Join is called with the same LRA ID within that timeframe, the application may crash or hang indefinitely, leading to a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-833
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8447?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jboss.narayana.rts:lra-coordinator-jar.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.jboss.narayana.rts:lra-coordinator-jar Maven | All versions | 7.1.0.Final |
org.jboss.narayana.rts:lra-coordinator-jar Maven | All versions | 7.1.0.Final |
How do I fix CVE-2024-8447?
Upgrade org.jboss.narayana.rts:lra-coordinator-jar to 7.1.0.Final or later.
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-2024-8447 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8447 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qq9f-q439-2574.