CVE-2026-59396

DoS Vulnerability in UAA Related to JWKS URI Handling

Published Oct 30, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cloudfoundry
Cloudfoundry cf-deployment
Cloudfoundry uaa
Vendors & Products Cloudfoundry
Cloudfoundry cf-deployment
Cloudfoundry uaa
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Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-502
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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.
Title DoS Vulnerability in UAA Related to JWKS URI Handling
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
vmware
Published
Updated
Oct 30, 2026, 8:10 PM
Reserved
Jul 4, 2026, 6:15 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 30, 2026, 9:17 AM
Modified
Oct 30, 2026, 8:17 PM