Medium [CVE-2025-14969] Hibernate-reactive-core: hibernate reactive: denial of service due to connection leak on http client disconnect
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2025-14969 affecting Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.2.redhat.
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Summary
A flaw was found in Hibernate Reactive. When an HTTP endpoint is exposed to perform database operations, a remote client can prematurely close the HTTP connection.
This action may lead to leaking connections from the database connection pool, potentially causing a Denial of Service (DoS) by exhausting available database connections. This vulnerability is rated Moderate for Red Hat Build of Quarkus.
Other Red Hat products, including Enterprise Application Platform and Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces, are not affected as the vulnerable code is not present. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
Weakness: CWE-772. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.2.redhat.
Red Hat lists Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8; Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack; Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces as not affected. Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2026:1965.
Is CVE-2025-14969 exploited?
No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2025-14969 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.
How do I fix CVE-2025-14969?
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:
- org.hibernate.reactive/hibernate-reactive-core:3.1.12.Final-redhat-00001
- RHSA-2026:1965
Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 20 days ago·verify at source
- org.hibernate.reactive/hibernate-reactive-core:3.1.12.Final-redhat-00001
- RHSA-2026:1965
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 20 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 20 days ago·verify at source
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