CVE-2026-45205
medium
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
5.3
Description
Apache Commons Configuration: StackOverflowError for YAML input with cycles
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
63%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| sles | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2 | >=2.2,<2.15.0 | 2.15.0 |
| MAVEN | org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2 | >= 2.2, < 2.15.0 | 2.15.0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | commons_configuration | {"startIncluding":"2.2","endExcluding":"2.15.0"} | 2.15.0 |
References
- https://github.com/apache/commons-configuration/pull/634
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/q3q3j10ohcqhs6o0rg1v7kz6kk27vtkk
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/14/5
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-45205
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45205
- https://github.com/apache/commons-configuration
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45205.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-337m-mw94-2v6g
CWEs
CWE-674
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.