apache/commons-configuration · Security

Apache Commons Configuration: StackOverflowError for YAML input with cycles

GHSA ID
GHSA-337m-mw94-2v6g
CVE ID
CVE-2026-45205
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS
5.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v3
5.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons.

When processing an untrusted configuration file, Commons Configuration will throw a StackOverflowError for YAML input with cycles. This issue affects Apache Commons: from 2.2 before 2.15.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.15.0, which fixes the issue.

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