What is CVE-2026-32327?

CVE-2026-32327 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Portable Runtime Utility, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-32327?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Portable Runtime Utility

CVE-2026-32327

A bug in APR-util version 1.6.3 (and earlier) allows a stack recursion attack against any library consumer which parses XML from untrusted sources and uses the apr_xml_quote_elem() function. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.6…

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Portable Runtime Utility — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

security@apache.org (vendor-advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-32327?: CVE-2026-32327 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Portable Runtime Utility, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-32327?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.