CVE-2026-103224

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: October 15, 2026 at 08:22 AM UTC
Updated: October 20, 2026 at 07:25 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVert.x

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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], the MySQL message decoder aggregates inbound multi-packet payloads into a composite direct-memory buffer without any cumulative size limit. A malicious, compromised, or man-in-the-middle MySQL server can send a continuous stream of packets with the maximum payload length (0xFFFFFF), preventing the end-of-message condition from being reached, causing unbounded direct-memory allocation on the client and leading to an out-of-memory crash. This occurs before authentication completes. The impacted component is io.vertx:vertx-mysql-client.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.5.0 ≤ v < 4.5.355.0.0 ≤ v < 5.1.105.2.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-789

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