CVE-2026-102497 PUBLISHED

Apache XMLSchema: Denial of service through cyclic schema definitions in the schema walker

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 29.09.2026 Published: 29.09.2026 Updated: 29.09.2026

The Apache XmlSchema walker (xmlschema-walker) doesn't detect cycles in type derivation, substitution groups, model groups or attribute groups. A malicious schema with such a cycle can make the walker recurse until the stack overflows, causing a denial of service.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.3.3, which fixes this issue.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache XMLSchema
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.3.3 (excl.)

Credits

  • This issue was found using Claude agents to study the security of open-source projects finder

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