Vulnerability in Apache Commons Lang
CVE-2025-48924
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.
EPSS: 0.022 (80.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Apache Commons_lang
- Apache Software Foundation Commons Lang — versions 2.0, 3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
- njawalkar/apache-commons-lang2
- Codegass/AAA-Issue-Refactor
- Hokure04/InfSecurityLab1
- JABAN111/Information-security-first-lab
- LocalPiperITMO/information-security
- awakelife93/kotlin-clean-architecture-multimodule
- davidlinharesjp/update-java-dependencies
- epimorphics/lib
- ARPSyndicate/cve-scores
- mathieu1987-droid/reu-alt-demo
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-48924?
- CVE-2025-48924 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Commons Lang, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-07-11.
- How severe is CVE-2025-48924?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-48924 known to be exploited?
- 16 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.