Impact
A manipulation of the queue.offer function in the ChildQueue component can cause uncontrolled resource consumption, resulting in degraded performance or a denial of service. This flaw falls under CWE-400 and CWE-404. The impact is limited to the application’s resources and can affect all users with access to the exposed interface.
Affected Systems
The vulnerability affects a2aproject a2a-java versions up to 1.2.0.Final. Users running any of those releases should upgrade to 1.3.0.Final or later to remove the flaw. The product is a2aproject’s a2a-java, an integration framework for messaging.
Risk and Exploitability
The CVSS score of 5.3 places this flaw in the moderate severity range. While the EPSS score is not available, the flaw can be triggered from a remote attacker who can manipulate the queue.offer operation. The flaw is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting no publicly known exploits at the time of analysis. Nevertheless, the remote nature of the attack vector and the resource consumption impact warrant timely remediation.
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