CVE-2025-2529 IBM Terracotta denial of service
Attackers can degrade cache-write performance in applications using Ehcache 3.x by supplying malicious keys, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-2529?
CVE-2025-2529 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Terracotta, published on 15 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Applications using affected versions of Ehcache 3.x can experience degraded cache-write performance if the application using Ehcache utilizes keys sourced from (malicious) external parties in an unfiltered/unsalted way.
Weakness: CWE-228
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2529?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Terracotta.
How do I fix CVE-2025-2529?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2529 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-2025-2529 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2529 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rfqp-64pg-m8xm.