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CVE-2026-45205

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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.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.3 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-05-14 12:16:35.687000
Last modified
2026-10-26 14:10:00.130000
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  "published": "2026-05-14T12:16:35.687",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T14:10:00.130",
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