Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 package, versions [3.0, 3.18.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHECOMMONS-10734078
  • published13 Jul 2025
  • disclosed11 Jul 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jul 2025

NewCVE-2025-48924  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 to version 3.18.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion via the ClassUtils.getClass function. An attacker can cause the application to terminate unexpectedly by providing excessively long input values.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1