Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting apr-util package, versions [,1.6.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-APRUTIL-20074787
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed6 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-32327  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apr-util to version 1.6.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion in the apr_xml_quote_elem function. An attacker can cause a crash and potentially execute arbitrary code by providing specially crafted XML input that triggers excessive stack recursion.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1