GHSA-j288-q9x7-2f5vMediumCVSS 6.5
Apache Commons Lang is vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion when processing long inputs
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 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.
🎯 Affected products2
- maven/org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:>= 3.0, < 3.18.0
- maven/commons-lang:commons-lang:>= 2.0, <= 2.6
🔗 References (9)
- 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