Description
In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0, 4.5.34] or [5.0.0,5.0.12] or [5.1.0,5.1.9] or [5.2.0, 5.2.0], a gRPC endpoint does have a configurable per message maximum size in bytes, however the maximum size applies to the received bytes. When applied to a compressed message, this only applies to the compressed size and not the actual size of the uncompressed content. This can be used to force a gRPC endpoint to allocate more bytes than the value defined by the configuration, making the endpoint vulnerable to compression bomb attacks.



The impacted component is io.vertx:vertx-gprc-server.
Published: 2026-10-15
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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Title Compression Bomb Vulnerability in Vert.x gRPC Server io.vertx/vertx-grpc-server: vertx-grpc-server: Denial of Service via compression bomb
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Title Compression Bomb Vulnerability in Vert.x gRPC Server

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Eclipse
Eclipse vert.x
Vendors & Products Eclipse
Eclipse vert.x

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-409
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Description In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0, 4.5.34] or [5.0.0,5.0.12] or [5.1.0,5.1.9] or [5.2.0, 5.2.0], a gRPC endpoint does have a configurable per message maximum size in bytes, however the maximum size applies to the received bytes. When applied to a compressed message, this only applies to the compressed size and not the actual size of the uncompressed content. This can be used to force a gRPC endpoint to allocate more bytes than the value defined by the configuration, making the endpoint vulnerable to compression bomb attacks. The impacted component is io.vertx:vertx-gprc-server.
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: eclipse

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-15T14:16:51.106Z

Reserved: 2026-09-29T08:41:02.382Z

Link: CVE-2026-102477

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-15T14:16:45.658Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-15T09:17:15.720

Modified: 2026-10-20T19:27:10.257

Link: CVE-2026-102477

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-15T08:28:25Z

Links: CVE-2026-102477 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-19T17:00:18Z

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