CVE-2025-2240

Smallrye-fault-tolerance: smallrye fault tolerance

publishedCWE-1325

A flaw was found in Smallrye, where smallrye-fault-tolerance is vulnerable to an out-of-memory (OOM) issue. This vulnerability is externally triggered when calling the metrics URI. Every call creates a new object within meterMap and may lead to a denial of service (DoS) issue.

Technical severity7.5 highCVSS 3.1 · CNA: redhat

Published2025-03-12Source updated 2026-11-04

Collected2026-11-043 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

Workaround

Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.

Source: CNA: redhat

Fix

io.smallrye:smallrye-fault-tolerance-core (Maven): OSV reports a fixed version 6.4.2. Check the advisory for supported release branches.

Source: OSV GHSA-gfh6-3pqw-x2j4

Fix

io.smallrye:smallrye-fault-tolerance-core (Maven): OSV reports a fixed version 6.9.0. Check the advisory for supported release branches.

Source: OSV GHSA-gfh6-3pqw-x2j4

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
Product	Versions	Authority
`smallrye-fault-tolerance-core` https://github.com/smallrye/smallrye-fault-tolerance	≥ 6.3.0; < 6.4.2 (affected, semver) ≥ 6.5.0; < 6.9.0 (affected, semver) Other versions: unaffected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.8.5 for Spring Boot Red Hat `smallrye-fault-tolerance-core` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: unaffected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.8 for Quarkus 3.15 Red Hat `quarkus-camel-bom` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: unaffected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.8 for Quarkus 3.15 Red Hat `quarkus-cxf-bom` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: unaffected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.15.4 Red Hat `smallrye-fault-tolerance-core` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: unaffected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2 Red Hat `smallrye-fault-tolerance-core` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3 Red Hat `smallrye-fault-tolerance-core` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: unaffected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Quarkus Red Hat `smallrye-fault-tolerance-apiimpl` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: unaffected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Fuse 7 Red Hat `smallrye-fault-tolerance-core` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: unknown	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 Red Hat `smallrye-fault-tolerance-core` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 Red Hat `smallrye-fault-tolerance-core` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 Red Hat `smallrye-fault-tolerance-core` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: unaffected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack Red Hat `smallrye-fault-tolerance-core` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: unaffected	CNA: redhat
io.smallrye:smallrye-fault-tolerance-core `io.smallrye:smallrye-fault-tolerance-core` Maven	6.3.0 (affected, Maven) 6.4.0 (affected, Maven) 6.4.1 (affected, Maven) Ecosystem version events: introduced 6.3.0; fixed 6.4.2 Source events (ECOSYSTEM) `[ { "introduced": "6.3.0" }, { "fixed": "6.4.2" } ]` Other versions: unaffected	OSV GHSA-gfh6-3pqw-x2j4
io.smallrye:smallrye-fault-tolerance-core `io.smallrye:smallrye-fault-tolerance-core` Maven	6.5.0 (affected, Maven) 6.6.0 (affected, Maven) 6.6.0-RC2 (affected, Maven) 6.6.1 (affected, Maven) 6.6.2 (affected, Maven) 6.6.3 (affected, Maven) 6.7.0 (affected, Maven) 6.7.1 (affected, Maven) 6.7.2 (affected, Maven) 6.7.3 (affected, Maven) 6.8.0 (affected, Maven) Ecosystem version events: introduced 6.5.0; fixed 6.9.0 Source events (ECOSYSTEM) `[ { "introduced": "6.5.0" }, { "fixed": "6.9.0" } ]` Other versions: unaffected	OSV GHSA-gfh6-3pqw-x2j4

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / score	Vector	Authority
3.1 / 7.5 high	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`	CNA: redhat

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3376CNA: redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3541CNA: redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3543CNA: redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-2240CNA: redhat · vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2351452CNA: redhat · issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gfh6-3pqw-x2j4CNA: redhat
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gfh6-3pqw-x2j4OSV / GitHub Security Advisories · advisory
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gfh6-3pqw-x2j4OSV / GitHub Security Advisories · osv

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