GHSA-fp43-vj7g-pg92 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in org.omnifaces:omnifaces. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-fp43-vj7g-pg92 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
OmniFaces: Forged combined-resource IDs and related output/push boundaries
Real-World Exposure
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Description
1. Forged combined-resource IDs
CombinedResourceInfo accepts a path-derived ID without an authenticity check,
inflates it without an output limit, converts it to attacker-selected resource
identifiers, and retains unique IDs in an unbounded static cache. In bounded
tests, 20,754 encoded bytes inflated to 16,000,000 characters (about 770:1;
about 49 MB observed heap delta), and 200 unique IDs added 200 permanent cache
entries. A legitimately shaped short ID remained about 1:1, while malformed
input was rejected; the missing distinction is between a server-issued ID and
an attacker-minted but structurally valid ID.
The minimal application also confirmed three sink tails from the same forged-ID root:
- A wildcard CDN mapping performed a server-side fetch and relayed the exact loopback-canary body. This requires the documented combined-resource and wildcard-CDN configuration.
- A forged inner
.xhtmlresource bypassed the excluded-resource boundary and returned its raw content. - A forged
omnifaces.graphicinner resource plus a canaryHostheader caused an outbound GET to that host. This result is blind and deployment-dependent; I am not claiming arbitrary-scheme or arbitrary-destination SSRF.
These behaviors reproduce after the fix for CVE-2026-41883 / GHSA-vp6r-9m58-5xv8. That advisory concerned EL evaluation order in the wildcard CDN path. This report has a different root: unsigned combined IDs and missing decode/cache bounds, with separately demonstrated residual sink behavior.
2. Source-map cache
With the documented optional source-map handler above a synthetic resource handler, 40 unique missing combined-resource requests grew the process-wide source-map cache from 13 to 92 entries. It has no size or eviction bound. This has a separate cache, configuration prerequisite, and fix from family 1.
3. HashParam callback output
A URL-fragment value containing a single-quote JavaScript payload was stored by
o:hashParam and later written unescaped into the Ajax callback script. On the
follow-up Ajax render, real Chrome executed the canary
window.__omniXss=1337. This requires a page using o:hashParam and the
follow-up Ajax render.
4. Session/view push-channel replay
A fresh WebSocket client with no HTTP cookie connected using a victim's session-scoped channel ID and received the victim's subsequent push. The code checks application-wide ID existence but does not bind the handshake to the current HTTP session, despite the documented current-session guarantee. The UUID remains an unguessable bearer-token prerequisite; this is replay after token exposure, not brute force.
5. Push idle-connection and fanout behavior
Twelve independent clients joined one application-scoped channel and all 12 received the same push. Current code sets every accepted session's maximum idle timeout to zero, retains sessions in an unbounded per-channel queue, and walks the full queue on each push. I am reporting the demonstrated mechanism as a bounded design weakness: container connection limits remain an outer bound, and I am not claiming unbounded heap growth from the 12-client test.
Intentionally excluded leads
- A duplicate-Range response-amplification lead was disproved. Twenty-four ranges produced only one response body because the stream wrapper closes after the first range. I am not reporting it as a security issue.
- The older
Servlets.facesRedirectXML issue is fixed on the current branch. I am not reporting it as a new current-upstream issue.
Expected invariants
- Only server-issued combined IDs should be accepted; decoding and caches should be bounded; excluded resources and dynamic handlers should not become attacker-selected inner resources.
- Dynamic URLs should not derive an outbound destination from an untrusted
Hostheader. - Source-map lookups should not create unbounded process-lifetime state.
HashParamvalues must be escaped for a JavaScript string inside an XML CDATA callback.- Session/view push subscriptions should be bound to the owning HTTP session or authenticated principal; idle limits and per-channel caps should remain operator-controllable.
Suggested fixes and available evidence
- Authenticate generated combined IDs with a per-deployment secret, cap inflated output, bound the combined cache, and avoid caching failed loads.
- Require an existing/registered inner resource before wildcard remapping and reject excluded resource types at serve time.
- Derive dynamic-resource origins from trusted configuration rather than the
request
Hostvalue. - Bound or evict the source-map cache.
- Apply JavaScript-string plus CDATA-safe encoding to
HashParamcallback values. - Capture and verify HTTP-session or principal ownership during the WebSocket handshake; retain a finite idle timeout and configurable per-channel limits.
Daniel Birtwhistle
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.omnifaces:omnifaces | all versions | 1.14.3 |
| ☕Maven | org.omnifaces:omnifaces | ≥ 2.0.0&&< 2.7.33 | 2.7.33 |
| ☕Maven | org.omnifaces:omnifaces | ≥ 3.0.0&&< 3.14.23 | 3.14.23 |
| ☕Maven | org.omnifaces:omnifaces | ≥ 4.0.0&&< 4.7.12 | 4.7.12 |
| ☕Maven | org.omnifaces:omnifaces | ≥ 5.0.0&&< 5.4.2 | 5.4.2 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.omnifaces:omnifaces. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update org.omnifaces:omnifaces to 1.14.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-fp43-vj7g-pg92 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.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-fp43-vj7g-pg92 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-fp43-vj7g-pg92. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
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