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CVE-2026-123543

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Description

OpenAM before 16.1.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust server resources by sending serialized Java data without size or structure limits. Attackers can send small crafted requests to remote SDK endpoints, classic login pages, or the administration console to block authentication, session validation and policy decisions.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.7 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-08 02:16:45.253000
Last modified
2026-11-08 02:16:45.253000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-123543",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-08T02:16:45.253",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-08T02:16:45.253",
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