CVE-2026-45205

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileDEEUFRUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.47% (40th) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · OSV

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-674USCWE-674US

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM Business Automation Workflowall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:-
IBM Cognos Analytics <12.0.4 FP3all versionscert_bundDE
IBM Cognos Analytics <12.1.3 FP2all versionscert_bundDE
IBM DB2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:db2:-
IBM SPSS Analytic Serverall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:spss:analytic_server
IBM Tivoli Network Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:tivoli_network_manager:ip_edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
Apache Commons< 2.15.0cert_bundDE
IBM Cognos Analytics< 12.0.4 FP3cert_bundDE
IBM Cognos Analytics< 12.1.3 FP2cert_bundDE
Apache Software Foundation Apache Commons Configuration2.2 → 2.15.0enisa_euvdEU
apache commons configuration2.2 → 2.15.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_configuration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.commons:commons-configuration22.2 → 2.15.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.commons/commons-configuration2

advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-1539Apache Commons: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2026-05-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Apache Commons ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
GHSA-337m-mw94-2v6gApache Commons Configuration: StackOverflowError for YAML input with cycles2026-05-14ghsa · osvUS
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.
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1336Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBMFrançais2026-10-16vendor · certfrFR
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1378Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBMFrançais2026-10-23vendor · certfrFR

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd osv certfr NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-05-14modified 2026-10-26

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://lists.apache.org/thread/q3q3j10ohcqhs6o0rg1v7kz6kk27vtkkPatchcnnvd
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45205 cnnvd
https://github.com/apache/commons-configuration/pull/634 enisa_euvd
https://lists.apache.org/thread/q3q3j10ohcqhs6o0rg1v7kz6kk27vtkk enisa_euvd
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/14/5Mailing ListThird Party Advisorynvd
https://github.com/apache/commons-configuration/pull/634Issue TrackingPatchnvd
https://lists.apache.org/thread/q3q3j10ohcqhs6o0rg1v7kz6kk27vtkkMailing ListVendor Advisorynvd

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