apache/commons-lang · Security
Apache Commons Lang is vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion when processing long inputs
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-j288-q9x7-2f5v
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-48924
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 6.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 6.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons Lang.
This issue affects Apache Commons Lang: Starting with commons-lang:commons-lang 2.0 to 2.6, and, from org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 3.0 before 3.18.0.
The methods ClassUtils.getClass(...) can throw StackOverflowError on very long inputs. Because an Error is usually not handled by applications and libraries, a StackOverflowError could cause an application to stop.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.18.0, which fixes the issue.
CWEs
- CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48924 ↗
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/bgv0lpswokgol11tloxnjfzdl7yrc1g1 ↗
- https://github.com/apache/commons-lang/commit/b424803abdb2bec818e4fbcb251ce031c22aca53 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00000.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00026.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00032.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00036.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/11/1 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j288-q9x7-2f5v ↗