Advisory record · GHSA-4g9r-vxhx-9pgx

Apache Commons Compress: Denial of service caused by an infinite loop for a corrupted DUMP file

CVSS 8.1 HighEPSS 0.0044 · 38th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 19 Feb 2024, 09:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.apache.commons:commons-compressMaven>=1.3, <1.26.01.26.0
Identifiers
GHSA-4g9r-vxhx-9pgx · CVE-2024-25710
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-835
Published
19 Feb 2024
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Apache Commons Compress versions 1.3 through 1.25.0 are vulnerable to an infinite loop triggered by a corrupted DUMP file. An attacker who can supply such a file for processing could cause a denial of service. Upgrade to version 1.26.0, which fixes the issue.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.1 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (apache)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0044, the 38th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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