Vulnerability in EAP's undertow http/1.1 chunked-transfer decoder (CVE-2026-15561)
Summary
Vulnerability in EAP's undertow http/1.1 chunked-transfer decoder (CVE-2026-15561). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A flaw was found in EAP's undertow http/1.1 chunked-transfer decoder. missing limits on size and count would allow an attacker to use an unauthenticated connection to drive the JVM to an OutOfMemory error, stopping all deployments on the listener, and achieving Denial of Service.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-15561 has been found in EAP's undertow http/1.1 chunked-transfer decoder.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "EAP's undertow http/1.1 chunked-transfer decoder CVE-2026-15561" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-15561 (EAP's undertow http/1.1 chunked-transfer decoder) — CWE-770 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-770) exists in EAP's undertow http/1.1 chunked-transfer decoder.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of EAP's undertow http/1.1 chunked-transfer decoder.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで EAP's undertow http/1.1 chunked-transfer decoder を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-15561 undertow
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-15561 undertow
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web secalert@redhat.com
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- web github.com
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