In Eclipse Jersey versions 2.45, 3.0.16, 3.1.9 a race condition can cause ignoring of critical SSL configurations - such as mutual authentication, custom key/trust stores, and other security settings. This issue may result in SSLHandshakeException under normal circumstances, but under certain conditions, it could lead to unauthorized trust in insecure servers (see PoC)
{
"severity": "CRITICAL",
"github_reviewed": true,
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-362"
],
"nvd_published_at": "2025-11-18T16:15:42Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2025-11-18T20:38:31Z"
}