CVE-2025-48924 (Medium) detected in commons-lang3-3.17.0.jar

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CVE-2025-48924 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - commons-lang3-3.17.0.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.

The code is tested using the latest revision of the JDK for supported
LTS releases: 8, 11, 17 and 21 currently.
See https://github.com/apache/commons-lang/blob/master/.github/workflows/maven.yml

Please ensure your build environment is up-to-date and kindly report any build issues.

Library home page: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/

Path to dependency file: /digital-signature/digital-signature-pdf/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /digital-signature/digital-signature-pdf/pom.xml

Dependency Hierarchy:

• dss-utils-apache-commons-6.1.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ commons-lang3-3.17.0.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: ad264f7c49c2cab3be43f0245eb019cf467d1b4a

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.
Mend Note: The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.

Publish Date: 2025-07-11

URL: CVE-2025-48924

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2025-07-11

Fix Resolution (org.apache.commons:commons-lang3): 3.18.0

Direct dependency fix Resolution (eu.europa.ec.joinup.sd-dss:dss-utils-apache-commons): 6.3

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