Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
The Maven package org.cometd.java:cometd-java-server-common, in versions 5.0.0 before 5.0.23, 6.0.0 before 6.0.19, 7.0.0 before 7.0.19, and 8.0.0 before 8.0.9, is affected. A client that repeatedly sends a fixed batch value while the server uses the acknowledgement extension can make the unacknowledged message queue grow without limit, causing an OutOfMemoryError and a server outage; the source does not say what authentication, if any, the client needs. Upgrade to 5.0.23, 6.0.19, 7.0.19, or 8.0.9, depending on your release line. If you cannot upgrade, disable the acknowledgement extension.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0068, the 52nd percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-cqgj-h8vf-4w59
- OSV: GHSA-cqgj-h8vf-4w59
- github.com/cometd/cometd/security/advisories/GHSA-cqgj-h8vf-4w59
- github.com/cometd/cometd/issues/2117
- github.com/cometd/cometd/pull/2118
- github.com/cometd/cometd/pull/2168
- github.com/cometd/cometd/pull/2169
- github.com/cometd/cometd
- github.com/cometd/cometd/discussions/2116