CVE-2026-102461: high-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Vert.x
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.7epss 0.4%
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 uniqueItems keyword validation uses an O(n²) pairwise comparison loop with no short-circuit or size limit. A remote unauthenticated attacker can submit a moderately-sized JSON array that consumes disproportionate CPU time, leading to denial of service.
The impacted component is io.vertx:vertx-json-schema.
The following Vert.x modules depend on vertx-json-schema and are also affected:
io.vertx:vertx-web-openapi-router io.vertx:vertx-web-validation io.vertx:vertx-openapi
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
Eclipse Foundation · Eclipse Vert.xRelated CVEs — Eclipse Vert.x
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CVE-2024-8391MEDIUMEclipse Vert.x gRPC server does not limit the maximum message sizeEPSS 0.6%CVE-2026-102469CRITICALCVE-2026-102469EPSS 0.5%CVE-2026-102479HIGHCVE-2026-102479EPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-103224HIGHCVE-2026-103224EPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-103223HIGHCVE-2026-103223EPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-102462HIGHCVE-2026-102462EPSS 0.3%