A flaw was found in Undertow package. Using the FormAuthenticationMechanism, a malicious user could trigger a Denial of Service by sending crafted requests, leading the server to an OutofMemory error, exhausting the server's memory.
CVE-2023-1973
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.7%, top 27% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 66.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 7, 2024
Last Modified
April 15, 2026
References (8)
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1674
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1675
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1676
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1677
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2763
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2764
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1973
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185662
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-1973(6)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2025:9583Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.14 Security update
- RHSA-2025:4226Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.10 on RHEL 7 security update
- RHSA-2024:1674Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 Security update
- RHSA-2024:1675Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 Security update
- RHSA-2024:1676Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 Security update
- RHSA-2024:1677Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 Security update
Patch Availability(9)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.10.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap | 2025-06-25 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-xml-security-0:2.0.10-2.redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7 | 2025-04-28 | redhat |
| redhat | eap8-undertow-0:2.3.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap | 2024-05-08 | redhat |
| redhat | undertow-core | 2024-05-08 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-undertow-0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap | 2024-04-04 | redhat |
| redhat | io.undertow/undertow-core:2.2.30.SP1-redhat-00001 | 2024-04-04 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-undertow-0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap | 2024-04-04 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-undertow-0:2.2.30-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap | 2024-04-04 | redhat |
| debian:13 | undertow @ 2.3.18-1 | — | osv |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| io.undertow:undertow-core | 2.3.0.Alpha1 ... 2.3.9.Final (16 versions) | 2.3.13.Final | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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