Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 25, 2025· Updated Sep 26, 2025

CVE-2025-43816

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.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.implMaven	< 5.0.115	5.0.115

Affected products

Liferay/Portalv5
Range: 7.4.0
Liferay/DXPv5
Range: 7.4.13

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrqm-qpw9-w8rvghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43816ghsaADVISORY
liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-18005ghsaWEB
liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43816ghsaWEB

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