CVE-2026-73635 PUBLISHED

Apache Struts: Unbounded growth of localized-text caches driven by the request locale

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 13.08.2026 Published: 15.08.2026 Updated: 15.08.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Struts
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 2.0.0 to 2.3.37 (incl.)
  • affected from 2.5.0 to 2.5.33 (incl.)
  • affected from 6.0.0 to 6.10.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 7.0.0 to 7.2.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • Kuniyoshi Noguchi (野口 晋義), (@KuniNogu) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE