UnratedRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux
Apache Commons Lang vulnerability
USN-8364-1 Published Jun 2, 2026
CVE-2025-48924
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
It was discovered that Apache Commons Lang incorrectly handled recursion in the ClassUtils.getClass method. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apache Commons Lang to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Affected Ubuntu releases: 24.04, 22.04, 20.04, 18.04, 16.04, 14.04. CVEs: CVE-2025-48924.
Affected versions
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 18.04
- Ubuntu 16.04
- Ubuntu 14.04
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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