Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.apache.struts:struts2-json-plugin package, versions [,6.11.0)[7.0.0, 7.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHESTRUTS-19351919
  • published27 Aug 2026
  • disclosed15 Aug 2026
  • creditMichael Mullins

Introduced: 15 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-73634  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.struts:struts2-json-plugin to version 6.11.0, 7.3.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the endpoint that collects Content Security Policy violation reports. An attacker can cause excessive memory consumption and disrupt service availability by submitting a large, unbounded report payload.

Note: This is only exploitable if the application exposes such an endpoint for collecting violation reports.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1