CVE-2025-48924 (Medium) detected in commons-lang3-3.8.1.jar

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CVE-2025-48924 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - commons-lang3-3.8.1.jar

Apache Commons Lang, a package of Java utility classes for the classes that are in java.lang's hierarchy, or are considered to be so standard as to justify existence in java.lang.

Library home page: https://www.apache.org/

Path to dependency file: /plugin-maven/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /plugin-maven/pom.xml

Dependency Hierarchy:

• maven-plugin-api-3.6.0.jar (Root Library)
  • maven-artifact-3.6.0.jar
    • ❌ commons-lang3-3.8.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: caa1893aca39ac0610637f8a8c3cfc1c28d32304

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2025-07-11

URL: CVE-2025-48924

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2025-07-11

Fix Resolution: https://github.com/apache/commons-lang.git - commons-lang-3.18.0