CVE-2023-5675 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) CWE-285 vulnerability in io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common-deployment. A fix is available for io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common-deployment — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Quarkus: authorization flaw in quarkus resteasy reactive and classic
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2023-5675.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
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Description
A flaw was found in Quarkus. When a Quarkus RestEasy Classic or Reactive JAX-RS endpoint has its methods declared in the abstract Java class or customized by Quarkus extensions using the annotation processor, the authorization of these methods will not be enforced if it is enabled by either 'quarkus.security.jaxrs.deny-unannotated-endpoints' or 'quarkus.security.jaxrs.default-roles-allowed' properties.
While backports of this fix exist in versions 3.6.9 and 3.7.1 users of older versions are encouraged to update to the 3.8.x LTS branch.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common-deployment | all versions | 3.2.10.Finalio.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common-deployment:3.2.10.Final |
| ☕Maven | io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common | all versions | 3.2.10.Finalio.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common:3.2.10.Final |
| ☕Maven | io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common-deployment | ≥ 3.3.0&&< 3.6.9 | 3.6.9io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common-deployment:3.6.9 |
| ☕Maven | io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common | ≥ 3.3.0&&< 3.6.9 | 3.6.9io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common:3.6.9 |
| ☕Maven | io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common-deployment | ≥ 3.7.0&&< 3.7.1 | 3.7.1io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common-deployment:3.7.1 |
| ☕Maven | io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common | ≥ 3.7.0&&< 3.7.1 | 3.7.1io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common:3.7.1 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common-deployment, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update io.quarkus:quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common-deployment to 3.2.10.Final or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2023-5675 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2023-5675 (CC BY 4.0)
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.13.9.Final | io.quarkus/quarkus-resteasy:2.13.9.Final-redhat-00003 | RHSA-2024:0494 |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.2.9.Final | io.quarkus/quarkus-resteasy:3.2.9.Final-redhat-00003 | RHSA-2024:0495 |
Frequently Asked Questions
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