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CVE-2026-68077

An authenticated attacker can craft a disposition frame with large or illegal ranges causing excessive CPU usage due to naive range handling, leading to denial of service.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.42%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An authenticated attacker can craft a disposition frame with large or illegal ranges causing excessive CPU usage due to naive range handling, leading to denial of service. This issue affects Apache Qpid Broker-J: through 10.0.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 10.1.0, which fixes the issue.

CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-606
Affected: apache/qpid broker-j
Source: security@apache.org

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/gzc78gdrlw2711v8jzgmsto8bqvg28y8Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/04/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.