Medium 5.3Published May 14, 2026

CVE-2026-45205Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 10:10 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-674
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apache commons_configuration apache:commons_configuration	from 2.2 before 2.15.0	NVD

References

https://github.com/apache/commons-configuration/pull/634issue-tracking, patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread/q3q3j10ohcqhs6o0rg1v7kz6kk27vtkkmailing-list, vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/14/5mailing-list, third-party-advisory

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