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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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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cve-icon MITRE

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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Updated: 2026-08-15T16:00:07Z