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Published Jun. 30, 2025

Security Issue Concerning Google Guava Versions 1.0 to 32

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Adrienne Lao

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Issue

  • There is a present vulnerability with Google Guava that affects the versions from 1.0 to 31.1. Liferay is currently bundled with Guava. It has been reported that 
    osb-distributed-messaging-google-pubsub-connector
    declares a dependency on Guava 30.1.1 which has a known vulnerability present, CVE-2023-2976. 

Environment

  • Liferay 7.2+

Resolution

  • It is recommended to upgrade to a Liferay environment that has a Guava version 32+ in order to bypass the vulnerability. Liferay 7.4 U92 is utilizing Guava 32.0.1 and is the earliest update that would mitigate this vulnerability. 
  • To check which version of Guava a Liferay bundle is using, the following command can be run in the Liferay terminal from your Liferay Home.
  • grep -r 'guava'
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