CVE-2026-44241

Micronaut Framework: Unbounded formattersCache in TimeConverterRegistrar Allows Memory Exhaustion via Accept-Language Header

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 12, 2026 at 09:20 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 02:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMicronaut

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Micronaut Framework is a JVM-based full stack Java framework designed for building modular, easily testable JVM applications. From 4.3.0 to before 4.10.22, TimeConverterRegistrar caches DateTimeFormatter instances in an unbounded ConcurrentHashMap<String, DateTimeFormatter> whose key is derived from the @Format annotation pattern concatenated with the locale from the HTTP Accept-Language header. Because Locale.forLanguageTag() accepts arbitrary BCP 47 private-use extensions (en-x-a001, en-x-a002, …), an unauthenticated attacker can generate an unlimited number of unique cache keys by sending requests with novel locale tags, growing the cache until heap memory is exhausted and the JVM crashes. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.10.22.

Affected

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

v < 3.8.143.10.0 ≤ v < 3.10.64.3.0 ≤ v < 4.10.223.10.04.3.0
Affected range stops below 3.10.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.8.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.10.22, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-400

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