Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons. When processing an untrusted configuration file, Commons Configuration will throw a StackOverflowError for YAML input with cycles. This issue affects Apache Commons: from 2.2 before 2.15.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.15.0, which fixes the issue.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2642-1 advisory.

    This update for apache-commons-configuration2, apache-commons-text fixes the following issues

    - CVE-2026-45205: uncontrolled recursion leads to `StackOverflowError` when processing specially crafted     configuration       files (bsc#1265299).

    Changes for apache-commons-configuration2:

    - Upgrade to version 2.15.0:
     + Disable include schemes http[s] by default, see      AbstractFileLocationStrategy      + Detect and avoid processing cycles in YAML input      (YAMLConfiguration) (bsc#1265299, CVE-2026-45205)      + Extend scheme validation to inner schemes of jar: URLs      + Add XMLConfiguration.read(Element)      + Add ConfigurationException.ConfigurationException(String,      Object...)      + Add ConfigurationException.ConfigurationException(Throwable,      String, Object...)      + Add ConversionException.ConversionException(String, Object...)      + Add ConversionException.ConversionException(Throwable, String,      + Add ConfigurationRuntimeException      .ConfigurationRuntimeException(Throwable, String, Object...)
     * Fixed Bugs      + Fix Apache RAT plugin console warnings      + Migrate from deprecated APIs      + Add org.apache.commons.configuration2.ImmutableConfiguration      .entrySet()      .forEach(BiConsumer<String, Object>)      + Add VEX entry for CVE-2025-48924      + Shared primitive variable 'throwExceptionOnMissing' in one      thread may not yield the value of the most recent write from      another thread [org.apache.commons.configuration2      .AbstractConfiguration] At AbstractConfiguration.java:
     [line 1493] AT_STALE_THREAD_WRITE_OF_PRIMITIVE      + Shared primitive variable 'forceSingleLine' in one thread may      not yield the value of the most recent write from another      thread [org.apache.commons.configuration2      .PropertiesConfigurationLayout]      At PropertiesConfigurationLayout.java:[line 821]      AT_STALE_THREAD_WRITE_OF_PRIMITIVE      + CONFIGURATION-849: Fix undoubling of strings      + CONFIGURATION-852: Mark the package jakarta.servlet.* import      as optional in OSGi      + Fix build [WARNING] Parameter 'forkMode' is unknown for plugin      'maven-surefire-plugin:3.5.3:test (default-test)'
     * New features:
     + Add PrefixedKeysIterator.toString() to package-private      PrefixedKeysIterator      + CONFIGURATION-836: New web configurations using the      jakarta.servlet namespace are now available      + CONFIGURATION-836: Add org.apache.commons.configuration2.web      .JakartaServletConfiguration      .JakartaServletContextConfiguration      .JakartaServletFilterConfiguration      .JakartaServletRequestConfiguration      + Add org.apache.commons.configuration2      .AbstractHierarchicalConfiguration.getKeysInternal(String,      String)
     * Fixed Bugs:
     + PropertyConverter.to(Class, Object, DefaultConversionHandler)      doesn't convert custom java.lang.Number subclasses      + DefaultConversionHandler.convertValue(Object, Class,      ConfigurationInterpolator) doesn't convert custom java.lang      .Number subclasses      + DefaultConversionHandler.to(Object, Class,      + CONFIGURATION-848: SubsetConfiguration does not account for      delimiters as it did in 2.9.0      + CONFIGURATION-848: CompositeConfiguration does not account for      + Describe the security model      + De-emphasize the 1.x version line on the website      + CONFIGURATION-851: HomeDirectoryLocationStrategy no longer      resolves the user HOME directory correctly      + CONFIGURATION-844: Add support for empty sections      + Add ImmutableConfiguration.containsValue(Object)      + Fail-fast with a NullPointerException if DataConfiguration      .DataConfiguration(Configuration) is called with null      + Fail-fast with a NullPointerException if      XMLPropertiesConfiguration.XMLPropertiesConfiguration(Element)      is called with null      + Fail-fast with a NullPointerException if a SubsetConfiguration      constructor is called with a null Configuration      + CONFIGURATION-843: Methods should not be empty      + Guard MapConfiguration against null maps      AppletConfiguration(Applet) is called with null      ServletConfiguration(Servlet) is called with null      ServletConfiguration(ServletConfig) is called with null      ServletContextConfiguration(Servlet) is called with null      ServletContextConfiguration(ServletContext) is called with null      ServletFilterConfiguration(FilterConfig) is called with null      ServletRequestConfiguration(ServletRequest) is called with      null      + Deprecate DatabaseConfiguration.getDatasource() in favor of      getDataSource()      + Fix PMD DynamicCombinedConfiguration in      AbstractImmutableNodeHandler      AbstractListDelimiterHandler      DefaultPrefixLookupsHolder      DynamicCombinedConfiguration      PropertiesConfiguration      + CONFIGURATION-846: Restore previous behavior allowing Spring      to inject multiple values      + CONFIGURATION-847: Property with an empty string value was not      processed

    Changes for apache-commons-text:

    - Upgrade to version 1.15.0
     * New features      + Add experimental CycloneDX VEX file      + TEXT-235: Add Damerau-Levenshtein distance      + Add unit tests to increase coverage      + Add new test for CharSequenceTranslator#with()      + Add tests and assertions to org.apache.commons.text.similarity      to get to 100% code coverage
     * Fixed Bugs      + Fix exception message typo in XmlStringLookup      .XmlStringLookup(Map, Path...)      + TEXT-236: Inserting at the end of a TextStringBuilder throws      a StringIndexOutOfBoundsException      + Fix TextStringBuilderTest.testAppendToCharBuffer() to use      proper argument type      + Fix Apache RAT plugin console warnings      + Fix site XML to use version 2.0.0 XML schema      + Removed unreachable threshold verification code in      src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/similarity      + Enable secure processing for the XML parser in XmlStringLookup      in case the underlying JAXP implementation doesn't      + Interface StringLookup now extends UnaryOperator<String>      + Interface TextRandomProvider extends IntUnaryOperator      + Add RandomStringGenerator.Builder      .usingRandom(IntUnaryOperator)      + Add PMD check to default Maven goal      + Add org.apache.commons.text.RandomStringGenerator.Builder      .setAccumulate(boolean)      + Fix PMD UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName in StringLookupFactory      + Fix PMD UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName in      DefaultStringLookupsHolder      PropertiesStringLookup      JavaPlatformStringLookup      + Fix PMD UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName in StringSubstitutor      + Fix PMD UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName in StrSubstitutor      + Fix PMD UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName in AlphabetConverter      + Fix PMD AvoidBranchingStatementAsLastInLoop in      TextStringBuilder      + Fix PMD AvoidBranchingStatementAsLastInLoop in StrBuilder      + org.apache.commons.text.translate.LookupTranslator      .LookupTranslator(Map CharSequence>) now throws      NullPointerException instead of      java.security.InvalidParameterException      + Remove -nouses directive from maven-bundle-plugin. OSGi      package imports now state 'uses' definitions for package      imports, this doesn't affect JPMS      (from org.apache.commons:commons-parent:80)      + Deprecate EntityArrays.EntityArrays()      + StringLookupFactory.DefaultStringLookupsHolder      .createDefaultStringLookups() maps DefaultStringLookup      .LOCAL_HOST twice instead of once for LOCAL_HOST and      LOOPBACK_ADDRESS      + Add StringLookupFactory.loopbackAddressStringLookup()      + Add StringLookupFactory.KEY_LOOPBACK_ADDRESS      + Add DefaultStringLookup.LOOPBACK_ADDRESS      + Add richer inputs in package org.apache.commons.text      .similarity with SimilarityInput      + Add HammingDistance.apply(SimilarityInput, SimilarityInput)      + Add JaccardDistance.apply(SimilarityInput, SimilarityInput)      + Add JaccardSimilarity.apply(SimilarityInput, SimilarityInput)      + Add JaroWinklerDistance.apply(SimilarityInput,      SimilarityInput)      + Add JaroWinklerSimilarity.apply(SimilarityInput,      + Add LevenshteinDetailedDistance.apply(SimilarityInput,      + Add LevenshteinDistance.apply(SimilarityInput,      + Fix build on Java 22      + Fix build on Java 23-ea      + Make package-private constructor private:
     StrLookup.MapStrLookup.MapStrLookup(Map)      + Make package-private constructor private: StrLookup      .SystemPropertiesStrLookup.SystemPropertiesStrLookup()      + Make package-private class private and final: MapStrLookup      + Make package-private class private: StrMatcher.CharMatcher      + Make package-private class private: StrMatcher.CharSetMatcher      + Make package-private class private: StrMatcher.NoMatcher      + Make package-private class private: StrMatcher.StringMatcher      + Make package-private class private: StrMatcher.TrimMatcher      + Make package-private class private and final:
     IntersectionSimilarity.BagCount      IntersectionSimilarity.TinyCount      + Deprecate LevenshteinDistance.LevenshteinDistance() in favor      of LevenshteinDistance.getDefaultInstance()      + Deprecate LevenshteinDetailedDistance      .LevenshteinDetailedDistance() in favor of      LevenshteinDetailedDistance.getDefaultInstance()      + TEXT-234: Improve StrBuilder documentation for new line text      + TEXT-234: Improve TextStringBuilder documentation for new line      text      + TEXT-233: Required OSGi Import-Package version numbers in      MANIFEST.MF      + Add StringLookupFactory.fileStringLookup(Path...) and      deprecated fileStringLookup()      + Add StringLookupFactory.propertiesStringLookup(Path...) and      deprecated propertiesStringLookup()      + Add StringLookupFactory.xmlStringLookup(Map, Path...) and      deprecated xmlStringLookup() and xmlStringLookup(Map)      + Add StringLookupFactory.builder() for fencing Path resolution      of the file, properties and XML lookups      + Add DoubleFormat.Builder.get() as Builder now implements      Supplier      + TEXT-232: WordUtils.containsAllWords?() may throw      PatternSyntaxException      + TEXT-175: Fix regression for determining whitespace in      WordUtils      + Deprecate Builder in favor of Supplier      + TEXT-224: Set SecureProcessing feature in XmlStringLookup by      default      + TEXT-224: Add StringLookupFactory.xmlStringLookup(Map<String,      Boolean>...)      + Add @FunctionalInterface to FormatFactory      + Add RandomStringGenerator.builder()      + TEXT-229: Add XmlEncoderStringLookup/XmlDecoderStringLookup      + Add StringSubstitutor.toString()      + TEXT-219: Fix StringTokenizer.getTokenList to return an      independent modifiable list      + Fix Javadoc for StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml4      + TextStringBuidler#hashCode() allocates a String on each call      + TEXT-221: Fix Bundle-SymbolicName to use the package name      org.apache.commons.text      + Add and use a package-private singleton for RegexTokenizer      + Add and use a package-private singleton for CosineSimilarity      + Add and use a package-private singleton for      LongestCommonSubsequence      JaroWinklerSimilarity      + Add and use a package-private singleton for JaccardSimilarity      + [StepSecurity] ci: Harden GitHub Actions      + Improve AlphabetConverter Javadoc      + Fix exception message in IntersectionResult to make      set-theoretic sense      + Add null-check in RandomStringGenerator#Builder#selectFrom()      to avoid NullPointerException      + Add null-check in RandomStringGenerator#Builder#withinRange()      + TEXT-228: Fix TextStringBuilder to over-allocate when ensuring      capacity      + Constructor for ResourceBundleStringLookup should be private      instead of package-private      + Constructor for UrlDecoderStringLookup should be private      + Constructor for UrlEncoderStringLookup should be private      + TEXT-230: Javadoc of org.apache.commons.text.lookup      .DefaultStringLookup.XML is incorrect      + Update DoubleFormat to state it is based on Double.toString

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons. When processing an untrusted configuration file,
    Commons Configuration will throw a StackOverflowError for YAML input with cycles. This issue affects
    Apache Commons: from 2.2 before 2.15.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.15.0, which fixes
    the issue. (CVE-2026-45205)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons. When processing an untrusted configuration file,     Commons Configuration will throw a StackOverflowError for YAML input with cycles. This issue affects     Apache Commons: from 2.2 before 2.15.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.15.0, which fixes     the issue. (CVE-2026-45205)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
323041	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : apache-commons-configuration2, apache-commons-text (SUSE-SU-2026:2642-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
318193	openSUSE 16 Security Update : apache-commons-lang3, apache-commons-text, apache-commons-configuration2, apache-commons-cli, apache-commons-io, apache-commons-codec (openSUSE-SU-2026:20841-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
442248	SCA: security update for org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2 (GHSA-337m-mw94-2v6g)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
442248	SCA: security update for org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2 (GHSA-337m-mw94-2v6g)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
314760	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-45205	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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