CVE-2026-115721 (GCVE-0-2026-115721)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-26 15:01 – Updated: 2026-10-26 15:01 Unsupported When Assigned
VLAI
Title
Apache Vysper: Unbounded allocation
Summary
**UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED**  Unbounded allocation in XML parsing in Apache Vysper; all versions, may lead to an out of memory condition. This issue affects all versions of Apache Vysper. Apache Vysper is an XMPP (Jabber) server library. As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • cwe-770
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1078 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Vysper Affected: 0 , ≤ * (maven)
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Credits
Gjoko Krstic (Zero Science Lab)
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