Allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in Apache Struts. When no fixed locale is configured, the locale used for localized-text lookups is taken from the incoming request, allowing an unauthenticated remote client to cause the framework's internal localized-text caches to grow without bound and exhaust the Java heap, denying service to other users. Applications that configure a fixed locale are not affected.
This issue affects Apache Struts: from 2.0.0 through 2.3.37, from 2.5.0 through 2.5.33, from 6.0.0 through 6.10.0, from 7.0.0 through 7.2.1.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.11.0 or 7.3.0, which fixes the issue.
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References
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| https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-074 |
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History
Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000
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| Description | Allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in Apache Struts. When no fixed locale is configured, the locale used for localized-text lookups is taken from the incoming request, allowing an unauthenticated remote client to cause the framework's internal localized-text caches to grow without bound and exhaust the Java heap, denying service to other users. Applications that configure a fixed locale are not affected. This issue affects Apache Struts: from 2.0.0 through 2.3.37, from 2.5.0 through 2.5.33, from 6.0.0 through 6.10.0, from 7.0.0 through 7.2.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.11.0 or 7.3.0, which fixes the issue. | |
| Title | Apache Struts: Unbounded growth of localized-text caches driven by the request locale | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-15T10:38:08.227Z
Reserved: 2026-08-13T11:52:36.541Z
Link: CVE-2026-73635
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-15T11:16:27.540
Modified: 2026-08-15T11:16:27.540
Link: CVE-2026-73635
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-15T16:00:07Z