GHSA-j288-q9x7-2f5v

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j288-q9x7-2f5v
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/07/GHSA-j288-q9x7-2f5v/GHSA-j288-q9x7-2f5v.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-j288-q9x7-2f5v
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Published
2025-07-11T15:31:37Z
Modified
2025-07-12T01:27:15.943417Z
Downstream
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Apache Commons Lang is vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion when processing long inputs
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-11T15:15:24Z",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-07-12T00:48:03Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-674"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

Maven / org.apache.commons:commons-lang3

Package

Name
org.apache.commons:commons-lang3
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.apache.commons/commons-lang3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.0
Fixed
3.18.0

Affected versions

3.*

3.0
3.0.1
3.1
3.2
3.2.1
3.3
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.8.1
3.9
3.10
3.11
3.12.0
3.13.0
3.14.0
3.15.0
3.16.0
3.17.0

Maven / commons-lang:commons-lang

Package

Name
commons-lang:commons-lang
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Purl
pkg:maven/commons-lang/commons-lang

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.0
Last affected
2.6

Affected versions

2.*

2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6