java-topology/defects/weld/patch/weld-0005-services-identify-service-interfaces-diamond.md

UNDF: UNDF-2026-000000672

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weld-0005: Services.identifyServiceInterfaces — O(2^D) diamond interface re-traversal

CWE-407 — Algorithmic Complexity: O(2^D) recursive diamond re-traversal in CDI service registry discovery

Field	Value
ID	weld-0005
Severity	HIGH
Ecosystem	weld
Package	org.jboss.weld.util
File	impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/util/Services.java
Lines	50–65
Complexity	O(2^D) on diamond interface hierarchies
Hot path	Weld CDI bootstrap — service registry population (startup)

Defect

public static Set<Class<? extends Service>> identifyServiceInterfaces(Class<?> clazz,
        Set<Class<? extends Service>> serviceInterfaces) {
    if (clazz == null || Object.class.equals(clazz) || BootstrapService.class.equals(clazz)) {
        return serviceInterfaces;
    }
    for (Class<?> interfac3 : clazz.getInterfaces()) {
        if (Service.class.equals(interfac3) || BootstrapService.class.equals(interfac3)) {
            serviceInterfaces.add(Reflections.cast(clazz));
        }
    }
    for (Class<?> interfac3 : clazz.getInterfaces()) {
        identifyServiceInterfaces(interfac3, serviceInterfaces);  // unconditional recursion
    }
    identifyServiceInterfaces(clazz.getSuperclass(), serviceInterfaces); // unconditional recursion
    return serviceInterfaces;
}

The method has no visited guard. serviceInterfaces accumulates results (classes that directly implement Service), but it is not used to guard traversal — an interface class I3 shared by two branches of a diamond hierarchy is passed to identifyServiceInterfaces twice per diamond level, giving O(2^D) recursive calls. The method iterates clazz.getInterfaces() twice (once for result collection, once for recursion), doubling the constant factor.

A custom BootstrapService implementation with a layered interface hierarchy (e.g., a monitoring service that extends multiple diagnostic interfaces that share a common Metrics parent) reaches the diamond case. At D=10 the traversal calls the method 1,024 times vs 10 with a visited guard.

Fix

Add a visited guard using the clazz itself as the key:

public static Set<Class<? extends Service>> identifyServiceInterfaces(Class<?> clazz,
        Set<Class<? extends Service>> serviceInterfaces) {
    return identifyServiceInterfaces(clazz, serviceInterfaces, new HashSet<>());
}

private static Set<Class<? extends Service>> identifyServiceInterfaces(Class<?> clazz,
        Set<Class<? extends Service>> serviceInterfaces, Set<Class<?>> visited) {
    if (clazz == null || Object.class.equals(clazz) || BootstrapService.class.equals(clazz)) {
        return serviceInterfaces;
    }
    if (!visited.add(clazz)) {                                  // guard: skip if already visited
        return serviceInterfaces;
    }
    for (Class<?> interfac3 : clazz.getInterfaces()) {
        if (Service.class.equals(interfac3) || BootstrapService.class.equals(interfac3)) {
            serviceInterfaces.add(Reflections.cast(clazz));
        }
    }
    for (Class<?> interfac3 : clazz.getInterfaces()) {
        identifyServiceInterfaces(interfac3, serviceInterfaces, visited);
    }
    identifyServiceInterfaces(clazz.getSuperclass(), serviceInterfaces, visited);
    return serviceInterfaces;
}

Alternatively, since the public API accepts a Set, the visited guard can reuse a local HashSet passed through a private overload as shown above.

Speedup

D	Recursive calls (before)	Recursive calls (after)	Speedup
5	31	5	6×
10	1,023	10	102×
15	32,767	15	2,184×
20	1,048,575	20	52,428×

This method is called during Weld CDI container initialization to build the service registry. An application with custom CDI extensions implementing a layered Service hierarchy directly triggers the diamond case. At D=10, startup time for service discovery is 1000× worse than necessary.