CVE-2026-103223 Eclipse Vert.x - Denial of Service

Eclipse Vert.x 4.0.0 to 4.5.34, 5.0.0 to 5.0.12, 5.1.0 to 5.1.9, and 5.2.0 contains an out-of-memory vulnerability caused by lack of maximum validation on PostgreSQL message length in io.vertx:vertx-pg-client, letting malicious or man-in-the-middle PostgreSQL servers cause unbounded memory allocation, exploit requires connection to a malicious PostgreSQL server.

CVSS base score 8.2 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
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Details

Type
Denial of Service
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published
15 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-789

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version beyond 5.2.0 where this issue is fixed.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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