Security incident · CVE-2025-43816
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, 202
Published Sep 25, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 26, 2025 · Liferay DXP
Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-43816. EPSS is 0.34%. Act only if a listed version of Liferay DXP is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- Medium6.9
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.34%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 ≤2023.Q3.10
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.
Are you affected?
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- vendor Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 ≤2023.Q3.102023.Q3.1 ≤2023.Q3.10
How to fix CVE-2025-43816
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 2023.Q3.1 ≤2023.Q3.10
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-43816. EPSS is 0.34%. Act only if a listed version of Liferay DXP is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 ≤2023.Q3.10 2023.Q3.1 ≤2023.Q3.10. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.34%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Sep 25, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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 endpo
Sep 26, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
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 endpo
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-43816
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-43816
30-day exploitation probability 0.34%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-31166
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 unsuppo
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 26, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
- EUVDOct 23, 2026