Red Hat Lightwell has released org.apache.opennlp:opennlp-tools 2.5.9.rhlw-00002 with a backported security fix.
CVE-2026-63317: Apache OpenNLP: Arbitrary Class Instantiation in GeneratorFactory via Feature Descriptor XML
This patched artifact is a drop-in replacement for org.apache.opennlp:opennlp-tools 2.5.9 from Maven Central.