# CVE-2024-8391: Eclipse Vert.x gRPC server does not limit the maximum message size

- Also known as: GHSA-G76F-GJFX-4RPR
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.5.10
- Published: 2024-09-04 · Updated: 2024-09-04

## Affected

- io.vertx:vertx-grpc-server: from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.5.10
- io.vertx:vertx-grpc-server (Maven): from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.5.10
- io.vertx:vertx-grpc-client (Maven): from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.5.10

## Description

In Eclipse Vert.x version 4.3.0 to 4.5.9, the gRPC server does not limit the maximum length of message payload (Maven GAV: io.vertx:vertx-grpc-server and io.vertx:vertx-grpc-client). This is fixed in the 4.5.10 version. Note this does not affect the Vert.x gRPC server based grpc-java and Netty libraries (Maven GAV: io.vertx:vertx-grpc)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on io.vertx:vertx-grpc-server, io.vertx:vertx-grpc-client, upgrade to a fixed version (4.5.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/31
- https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vertx-grpc/issues/113

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