CVE-2026-45205

Description

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-11 | Published 2026-05-14 | Updated 2026-05-14 | Assigner apache

Problem types

CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion

Product status

Credits

Erichen, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences reporter

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/14/5

github.com/apache/commons-configuration/pull/634 patch

lists.apache.org/thread/q3q3j10ohcqhs6o0rg1v7kz6kk27vtkk vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-45205)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-45205)

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