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Vulnerability details: VCID-rcx8-pg97-8kg4
Vulnerability ID VCID-rcx8-pg97-8kg4
Aliases CVE-2024-41172
GHSA-4mgg-fqfq-64hg
Summary Apache CXF allows unrestricted memory consumption in CXF HTTP clients In versions of Apache CXF before 3.6.4 and 4.0.5 (3.5.x and lower versions are not impacted), a CXF HTTP client conduit may prevent HTTPClient instances from being garbage collected and it is possible that memory consumption will continue to increase, eventually causing the application to run out of memory
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-41172.json
epss 0.01187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-41172
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mgg-fqfq-64hg
cvssv3.1 3.7 https://github.com/apache/cxf
cvssv4 6.3 https://github.com/apache/cxf
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/cxf
cvssv3.1 3.7 https://lists.apache.org/thread/n2hvbrgwpdtcqdccod8by28ynnolybl6
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.apache.org/thread/n2hvbrgwpdtcqdccod8by28ynnolybl6
cvssv4 6.3 https://lists.apache.org/thread/n2hvbrgwpdtcqdccod8by28ynnolybl6
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread/n2hvbrgwpdtcqdccod8by28ynnolybl6
ssvc Track https://lists.apache.org/thread/n2hvbrgwpdtcqdccod8by28ynnolybl6
cvssv3.1 3.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41172
cvssv4 6.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41172
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41172
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-41172.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-41172
https://github.com/apache/cxf
https://lists.apache.org/thread/n2hvbrgwpdtcqdccod8by28ynnolybl6
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41172
2298829 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2298829
GHSA-4mgg-fqfq-64hg https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mgg-fqfq-64hg
RHSA-2024:7052 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7052
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-41172.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/apache/cxf
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/apache/cxf
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/n2hvbrgwpdtcqdccod8by28ynnolybl6
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/n2hvbrgwpdtcqdccod8by28ynnolybl6
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/n2hvbrgwpdtcqdccod8by28ynnolybl6
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-23T17:58:41Z/ Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/n2hvbrgwpdtcqdccod8by28ynnolybl6
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41172
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41172
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.79108
EPSS Score 0.01187
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T08:45:54.383125+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/07/GHSA-4mgg-fqfq-64hg/GHSA-4mgg-fqfq-64hg.json 38.6.0