# CVE-2026-44241: Micronaut Framework: Unbounded formattersCache in TimeConverterRegistrar Allows Memory Exhaustion via Accept-Language Header

- Also known as: GHSA-8HJV-92Q9-G4XJ
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.10.22, 3.10.6, 3.8.14
- Published: 2026-05-12 · Updated: 2026-07-10

## Affected

- micronaut-projects micronaut-core: from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.10.22; from 3.10.0, fixed in 3.10.6; fixed in 3.8.14
- io.micronaut:micronaut-context (Maven): from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.10.22
- io.micronaut:micronaut-context (Maven): from 3.10.0, fixed in 3.10.6
- io.micronaut:micronaut-context (Maven): fixed in 3.8.14

## Description

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, 3.10.6, and 3.8.14, 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, 3.10.6, and 3.8.14.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on micronaut-projects micronaut-core, io.micronaut:micronaut-context, upgrade to a fixed version (4.10.22, 3.10.6, 3.8.14) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/security/advisories/GHSA-8hjv-92q9-g4xj
- https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/commit/48f05ae8dc4157816fe0050c5cf730be7d44f8b3
- https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/commit/c2048ab740c2efdfe227813f203176e0ef93f892
- https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/commit/c6ca8782de7338732e887d090f38c9e941bcb284
- https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v3.10.6
- https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v3.8.14
- https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v4.10.22

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