# CVE-2025-49763: Apache Traffic Server: Remote DoS via memory exhaustion in ESI Plugin

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory exhaustion in the ESI plugin by inserting malicious instructions, affecting Apache Traffic Server users.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2025-49763, GHSA-jrg5-jw7r-rxg9, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-49763

## What is CVE-2025-49763?

CVE-2025-49763 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server, published on 19 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ESI plugin does not have the limit for maximum inclusion depth, and that allows excessive memory consumption if malicious instructions are inserted.

Users can use a new setting for the plugin (--max-inclusion-depth) to limit it.
This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 10.0.0 through 10.0.5, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.10.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.11 or 10.0.6,  which fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49763?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apache Traffic Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-49763?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2025-49763 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49763 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apache Traffic Server

- [CVE-2014-3525](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3525/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2021-43082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43082/): heap-buffer-overflow with stats-over-http plugin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-35474](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35474/): Dynamic stack buffer overflow in cachekey plugin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-17559](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17559/): Other in Apache Traffic Server (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-17565](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17565/): Other in Apache Traffic Server (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-49763 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-49763 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server, published on 19 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49763 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apache Traffic Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49763/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49763/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49763
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49763
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49763

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49763/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.