CVE-2026-89059
Resteasy-core: resteasy: iioimageprovider unbounded image decode (decompression-bomb dos)
What happened?
A flaw was found in RESTEasy's IIOImageProvider, which decodes attacker-supplied image request bodies without enforcing any limit on the declared image dimensions or pixel count. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can send a small crafted image declaring enormous dimensions to trigger a very large memory allocation, exhausting the JVM heap and resulting in a denial of service.
Affected software and versions
| Software | Version information | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| RESTEasyRed Hat | affected: 0 to < 6.2.19.Final; affected: 7.0.0.Alpha1 to < 7.0.5.Final | See vendor advisory |
| org.jboss.resteasy/resteasy-coreRed Hat | unaffected: 6.2.19.Final-redhat-00003 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| org.jboss.resteasy/resteasy-coreRed Hat | unaffected: 6.2.19.Final-redhat-00003 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| org.jboss.resteasy/resteasy-coreRed Hat | unaffected: 6.2.19.Final-redhat-00003 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| dogtag-pkiRed Hat | unaffected: 0:11.9.0-6.el10_2.1 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| dogtag-pkiRed Hat | unaffected: 0:11.6.0-3.el10_0.2 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| resteasyRed Hat | unaffected: 0:3.0.26-20.el9_8.1 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| resteasyRed Hat | unaffected: 0:3.0.26-20.el9_4.2 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| resteasyRed Hat | unaffected: 0:3.0.26-20.el9_6.2 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| resteasy-coreRed Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| resteasy-coreRed Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| resteasy-coreRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| resteasy-coreRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| resteasy-coreRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| resteasy-coreRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| rhbk/keycloak-rhel9-operatorRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| redhat-pki:10/redhat-pkiRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| redhat-pkiRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| pki-core:10.6/pki-coreRed Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| jackson-jaxrs-providersRed Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| pki-coreRed Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| resteasy-coreRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| resteasy-jaxrsRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk11-openshift-rhel8Red Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk17-openshift-rhel8Red Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk8-openshift-rhel8Red Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| resteasy-jaxrsRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| resteasy-coreRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
| candlepinRed Hat | Default status: unaffected | See vendor advisory |
| resteasy-jaxrsRed Hat | Default status: affected | See vendor advisory |
Version information comes from the source record and can include unaffected products and exceptions. Distribution packages may contain backported fixes: an older upstream version alone does not prove a server is affected.
Is it being exploited?
This CVE was not listed in the CISA catalogue at our last retrieval. This does not establish that exploitation is absent.
How to respond
- Confirm the product, installed package version, and any configuration requirements in the vendor advisory.
- Follow the vendor’s remediation or workaround guidance in the references below. Structured fixed-version data is unavailable here; the publisher’s description may include a fix or workaround.
- Restart affected services if required, then verify the running version. Known exploitation may warrant investigation as well as patching.
Sources and remediation references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89059
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83082
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83520
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83670
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85234
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:92408
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95221
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95466
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95504
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95505
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95887
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-89059
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2519756
- https://github.com/resteasy/resteasy/commit/7c7e6b37c8b2451a37aed9cdc6978b447456bacb
- https://github.com/resteasy/resteasy/security/advisories/GHSA-m4pc-7gc7-9vw2