# Undertow Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability

Advisory record · `GHSA-ch7q-gpff-h9hp`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-ch7q-gpff-h9hp` · `CVE-2024-3653`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.3 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-401](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Published:** 9 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 4 Nov 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 9 Jul 2024, 00:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `io.undertow:undertow-core` (Maven): affected `>=2.3.0.Alpha1, <2.3.15.Final || <2.2.34.Final`; fixed in `2.3.15.Final`, `2.2.34.Final`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> Undertow (io.undertow:undertow-core) versions from 2.3.0.Alpha1 before 2.3.15.Final and before 2.2.34.Final are affected. The issue is a missing release of memory after its useful lifetime, and it only applies when the learning-push handler is enabled with maxAge left at its default of -1. An attacker who can send normal HTTP requests to such a server could trigger it. Upgrade to 2.3.15.Final or 2.2.34.Final; if you cannot upgrade, setting maxAge explicitly on the learning-push handler removes the exposure.

Written 8 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 5.3 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`, from CNA (redhat)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.019, the 79th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 8 Jul 2024, 21:21 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3653)
- 8 Jul 2024, 22:15 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3653)
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:13 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:13 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-ch7q-gpff-h9hp)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-ch7q-gpff-h9hp](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ch7q-gpff-h9hp)
- [OSV: GHSA-ch7q-gpff-h9hp](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-ch7q-gpff-h9hp)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3653>
- <https://github.com/undertow-io/undertow/pull/1639>
- <https://github.com/undertow-io/undertow/pull/1640>
- <https://github.com/undertow-io/undertow/pull/1641>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4392>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5143>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5144>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5145>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5147>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6437>
- <https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3653>
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274437>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-ch7q-gpff-h9hp>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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