CVE-2025-14969 Hibernate-reactive-core: hibernate reactive: denial of service due to connection leak on http client disconnect
Remote attackers can cause denial of service by prematurely closing HTTP connections, leaking database connections in Hibernate Reactive applications.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-14969?
CVE-2025-14969 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8, published on 26 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14969?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core Maven | All versions | 4.2.1 |
org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core Maven | All versions | 4.2.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-14969?
Upgrade org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core to 4.2.1 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-2025-14969 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14969 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-frpp-8pwq-hjrx.