CVE-2026-44241
HIGHMicronaut Framework: Unbounded formattersCache in TimeConverterRegistrar Allows Memory Exhaustion via Accept-Language Header
Title source: cnaDescription
Micronaut Framework is a JVM-based full stack Java framework designed for building modular, easily testable JVM applications. From 4.3.0 to before 4.10.22, TimeConverterRegistrar caches DateTimeFormatter instances in an unbounded ConcurrentHashMap<String, DateTimeFormatter> whose key is derived from the @Format annotation pattern concatenated with the locale from the HTTP Accept-Language header. Because Locale.forLanguageTag() accepts arbitrary BCP 47 private-use extensions (en-x-a001, en-x-a002, …), an unauthenticated attacker can generate an unlimited number of unique cache keys by sending requests with novel locale tags, growing the cache until heap memory is exhausted and the JVM crashes. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.10.22.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
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https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/security/advisories/GHSA-8hjv-92q9-g4xj
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https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v4.10.22
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
32.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (2)
io.micronaut/micronaut-context
4.3.0 - 4.10.22Maven
micronaut-projects/micronaut-core
>= 4.3.0, < 4.10.22
Published
May 12, 2026
Tracked Since
May 13, 2026