CVE-2025-43816
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Publication date: 2025-09-25

Last updated on: 2025-12-15

Assigner: Liferay Inc.

Description
A memory leak in the headless API for StructuredContents in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows an attacker to cause server unavailability (denial of service) via repeatedly calling the API endpoint.
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Published
2025-09-25
Last Modified
2025-12-15
Generated
2026-06-16
AI Q&A
2025-09-25
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-14
NVD
CVE-2025-43816
Affected Vendors & Products
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Vendor Product Version / Range
liferay digital_experience_platform to 7.4 (exc)
liferay digital_experience_platform From 2023.Q3.1 (inc) to 2023.Q3.10 (inc)
liferay digital_experience_platform From 2023.q4.0 (inc) to 2023.q4.10 (inc)
liferay digital_experience_platform From 2024.Q1.1 (inc) to 2024.Q1.6 (exc)
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liferay liferay_portal to 7.4.3.120 (exc)
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CWE ID Description
CWE-401 The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a memory leak in the headless API for StructuredContents in certain versions of Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP. An attacker can repeatedly call the API endpoint, causing the server to consume increasing amounts of memory, which can lead to server unavailability or denial of service.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is that an attacker can cause the server to become unavailable by exploiting the memory leak through repeated API calls. This results in a denial of service, potentially disrupting access to services hosted on the affected Liferay Portal or DXP instances.

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