CVE-2026-59396

DoS Vulnerability in UAA Related to JWKS URI Handling

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS Score
Published: October 30, 2026 at 08:24 AM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 08:17 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorCF DeploymentUser Account and Authentication

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Severity
MEDIUM4.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in UAA's private_key_jwt client-authentication mechanism. When UAA retrieves a remote JWKS URI, it caches the response. Invalid authentication attempts can trigger full deserialization of this cached data. An attacker with prerequisites (write access to clients or a compromised endpoint) can send anonymous requests that force repeated parsing of large cached objects, causing excessive CPU usage and potential Java heap exhaustion via OutOfMemoryError, resulting in service unavailability.

Affected

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

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

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

4.9MEDIUMvmware
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-400

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