CVE-2026-76166

Modcluster-core: mod_cluster advertise listener: unauthenticated dos via crafted multicast datagram

Published Aug 19, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in mod_cluster's AdvertiseListenerImpl (org.jboss.modcluster core module). A single crafted UDP multicast datagram with a valid HTTP status line and a "Server:" header but without the "Date:", "Digest:", and "Sequence:" headers triggers a NullPointerException in verifyDigest() that is not caught by the worker thread's exception handler. This causes the advertise listener thread to terminate permanently. The failure is silent (isListening() continues to return true) and persists until the node is restarted. The crash occurs before the AdvertiseSecurityKey comparison, so deployments with a configured security key are still affected.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Disable multicast-based proxy advertisement and use static proxy configuration instead. When advertisement must be enabled, ensure the multicast network segment (default 224.0.1.105:23364) is properly isolated and not accessible from untrusted network segments.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:6.2
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:6 cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:6.2::el10
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:6.2::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:6.2::el9
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:7 cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:7.0
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:7.0::el10
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:7.0::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:7.0::el9
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
Redhat jboss Web Server
Redhat single Sign On
Vendors & Products Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
Redhat jboss Web Server
Redhat single Sign On
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

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Description A flaw was found in mod_cluster's AdvertiseListenerImpl (org.jboss.modcluster core module). A single crafted UDP multicast datagram with a valid HTTP status line and a "Server:" header but without the "Date:", "Digest:", and "Sequence:" headers triggers a NullPointerException in verifyDigest() that is not caught by the worker thread's exception handler. This causes the advertise listener thread to terminate permanently. The failure is silent (isListening() continues to return true) and persists until the node is restarted. The crash occurs before the AdvertiseSecurityKey comparison, so deployments with a configured security key are still affected.
Title Modcluster-core: mod_cluster advertise listener: unauthenticated dos via crafted multicast datagram
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform
Redhat jboss Enterprise Web Server
Redhat jbosseapxp
Redhat red Hat Single Sign On
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:6
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:7
cpe:/a:redhat:jbosseapxp
cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform
Redhat jboss Enterprise Web Server
Redhat jbosseapxp
Redhat red Hat Single Sign On
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}