{"id":"CVE-2026-102469","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0, 4.5.34] or [5.0.0,5.0.12] or [5.1.0,5.1.9] or [5.2.0, 5.2.0], the Vert.x DB2 client (vertx-db2-client) contains DRDA protocol handling code that ","description":"In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0, 4.5.34] or [5.0.0,5.0.12] or [5.1.0,5.1.9] or [5.2.0, 5.2.0], the Vert.x DB2 client (vertx-db2-client) contains DRDA protocol handling code that deserializes User Defined Type (UDT) column data using a bare ObjectInputStream.readObject() call with no ObjectInputFilter or class allowlist.\n\n\n\nThis code path is triggered when a DRDA server sends a result set with a column tagged as UDT (FDOCA protocol LID 0x50). However, DB2 does not support this type of UDT. The FDOCA 0x50 type is never sent by a legitimate DB2 server.\n\n\n\nNevertheless, a malicious or man-in-the-middle DRDA server could craft a response with a 0x50-tagged column, causing the client to deserialize arbitrary attacker-controlled bytes on the Vert.x event loop before any application code can inspect or reject the data. If a Java deserialization gadget chain is present on the application's classpath, this enables remote code execution. Without a gadget chain, denial of service is possible via crafted object graphs. TLS is disabled by default, making man-in-the-middle exploitation feasible.\n\n\n\nThe impacted component is io.vertx:vertx-db2-client.","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T08:11:33.465Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T14:28:47.479Z","severity":{"score":9.2,"label":"Critical","version":"4.0","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","source":"eclipse"},"assigner":"eclipse","products":["Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Vert.x"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Eclipse Foundation","product":"Eclipse Vert.x","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"4.0.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"4.5.34","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.0.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.0.12","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.1.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.1.9","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.2.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":["https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vertx-sql-client/security/advisories/GHSA-j4vf-w939-pgxf","https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/347"],"weaknesses":["CWE-502"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:10:13.529Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/102xxx/CVE-2026-102469.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-102469","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-10-15T08:11:33.465Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-15T14:28:47.479Z","assignerShortName":"eclipse","assignerOrgId":"e51fbebd-6053-4e49-959f-1b94eeb69a2c","dateReserved":"2026-09-29T08:30:52.488Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0, 4.5.34] or [5.0.0,5.0.12] or [5.1.0,5.1.9] or [5.2.0, 5.2.0], the Vert.x DB2 client (vertx-db2-client) contains DRDA protocol handling code that deserializes User Defined Type (UDT) column data using a bare ObjectInputStream.readObject() call with no ObjectInputFilter or class allowlist.\n\n\n\nThis code path is triggered when a DRDA server sends a result set with a column tagged as UDT (FDOCA protocol LID 0x50). 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