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CVE-2026-115721

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Description

**UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED**  Unbounded allocation in XML parsing in Apache Vysper; all versions, may lead to an out of memory condition. This issue affects all versions of Apache Vysper. Apache Vysper is an XMPP (Jabber) server library. As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-26 16:17:17.673000
Last modified
2026-10-26 16:54:34.940000
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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-115721",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-26T16:17:17.673",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T16:54:34.940",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [
    {
      "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
      "tags": [
        "unsupported-when-assigned"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "**UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED**  Unbounded allocation in XML parsing in Apache Vysper; all versions, may lead to an out of memory condition.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects all versions of Apache Vysper. Apache Vysper is an XMPP (Jabber) server library.\n\n\n\n\nAs this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
          "product": "Apache Vysper",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "collectionURL": "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
          "packageName": "org.apache.vysper:vysper",
          "packageURL": "pkg:maven/org.apache.vysper/vysper",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "maven",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
        "impactScore": 3.6
      }
    ]
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d0bx15hjcs69gktk9tt25vgvk121c9vm",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://mina.apache.org/vysper-project/",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/23/20",
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"
    }
  ]
}