What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-45626?

CVE-2024-45626 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.2%.

Which versions of James Server are affected by CVE-2024-45626?

Organizations using implementation in should be aware of notable risk from CVE-2024-45626, a resource exhaustion vulnerability rated CVSS 6.5. Service availability could be impacted.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2024-45626?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running implementation in and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

James Server CVE-2024-45626

MEDIUM

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2025-02-06 security@apache.org

Apache Denial Of Service James Server

6.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.5 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch released

Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd

Patch available

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:25 vuln.today

CVE Published

Feb 06, 2025 - 12:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.5

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

16 maven packages depend on org.apache.james:james-server-jmap-draft (4 direct, 12 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 3.8.0.

DescriptionCVE.org

Apache James server JMAP HTML to text plain implementation in versions below 3.8.2 and 3.7.6 is subject to unbounded memory consumption that can result in a denial of service.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.7.6 and 3.8.2, which fix this issue.

AnalysisAI

Apache James server JMAP HTML to text plain implementation in versions below 3.8.2 and 3.7.6 is subject to unbounded memory consumption that can result in a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. Apache James server JMAP HTML to text plain implementation in versions below 3.8.2 and 3.7.6 is subject to unbounded memory consumption that can result in a denial of service. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.7.6 and 3.8.2, which fix this issue. Affected products include: Apache James Server. Version information: version 3.7.6.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.