CVE-2025-48924 Security Details

CVE ID

CVE-2025-48924

CWE

CWE-674

CVE Description

Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons Lang. This issue affects Apache Commons Lang: Starting with commons-lang:commons-lang 2.0 to 2.6, and, from org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 3.0 before 3.18.0. The methods ClassUtils.getClass(...) can throw StackOverflowError on very long inputs. Because an Error is usually not handled by applications and libraries, a StackOverflowError could cause an application to stop. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.18.0, which fixes the issue.

Published

Jul 14, 2025

CVSS Score & Severity

6.9Medium

CVSS Vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS Score

0.135%

Malware

malware

KEV Status

Not in KEV Catalog: No known exploits

Vulnerable Methods

org/apache/commons/lang/ClassUtils.getClass(Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;Ljava/lang/String;Z)Ljava/lang/Class;

JVMVulnerable params: 1

org/apache/commons/lang3/ClassUtils.getClass(Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;Ljava/lang/String;Z)Ljava/lang/Class;

JVMVulnerable params: 1

Affected Ecosystems

affected

Source

National Vulnerability Database

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j288-q9x7-2f5vTHIRD_PARTY