checkstyle-10.21.4.jar: 2 vulnerabilities (highest severity is: 8.8)

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Vulnerable Library - checkstyle-10.21.4.jar

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle.kts

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/containerbase/cache/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/commons-beanutils/commons-beanutils/1.10.1/22c392b43aa32e1364fb39647111edfa91df9070/commons-beanutils-1.10.1.jar

Found in HEAD commit: ba962580f42d9551951cc19e6e32a797e829a759

Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability	Severity	CVSS	Dependency	Type	Fixed in (checkstyle version)	Remediation Possible**
CVE-2025-48734	High	8.8	commons-beanutils-1.10.1.jar	Transitive	10.25.0	❌
CVE-2025-48924	Medium	5.3	commons-lang3-3.8.1.jar	Transitive	N/A*	❌

*For some transitive vulnerabilities, there is no version of direct dependency with a fix. Check the "Details" section below to see if there is a version of transitive dependency where vulnerability is fixed.

**In some cases, Remediation PR cannot be created automatically for a vulnerability despite the availability of remediation

Details

CVE-2025-48734

Vulnerable Library - commons-beanutils-1.10.1.jar

Apache Commons BeanUtils provides an easy-to-use but flexible wrapper around reflection and introspection.

Library home page: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-beanutils

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle.kts

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/containerbase/cache/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/commons-beanutils/commons-beanutils/1.10.1/22c392b43aa32e1364fb39647111edfa91df9070/commons-beanutils-1.10.1.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• checkstyle-10.21.4.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ commons-beanutils-1.10.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: ba962580f42d9551951cc19e6e32a797e829a759

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache Commons.
A special BeanIntrospector class was added in version 1.9.2. This can be used to stop attackers from using the declared class property of Java enum objects to get access to the classloader. However this protection was not enabled by default. PropertyUtilsBean (and consequently BeanUtilsBean) now disallows declared class level property access by default.
Releases 1.11.0 and 2.0.0-M2 address a potential security issue when accessing enum properties in an uncontrolled way. If an application using Commons BeanUtils passes property paths from an external source directly to the getProperty() method of PropertyUtilsBean, an attacker can access the enum’s class loader via the “declaredClass” property available on all Java “enum” objects. Accessing the enum’s “declaredClass” allows remote attackers to access the ClassLoader and execute arbitrary code. The same issue exists with PropertyUtilsBean.getNestedProperty().
Starting in versions 1.11.0 and 2.0.0-M2 a special BeanIntrospector suppresses the “declaredClass” property. Note that this new BeanIntrospector is enabled by default, but you can disable it to regain the old behavior; see section 2.5 of the user's guide and the unit tests.
This issue affects Apache Commons BeanUtils 1.x before 1.11.0, and 2.x before 2.0.0-M2.Users of the artifact commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils
1.x are recommended to upgrade to version 1.11.0, which fixes the issue.
Users of the artifact org.apache.commons:commons-beanutils2
2.x are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.0-M2, which fixes the issue.

Publish Date: 2025-05-28

URL: CVE-2025-48734

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9

Release Date: 2025-05-28

Fix Resolution (commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils): 1.11.0

Direct dependency fix Resolution (com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle): 10.25.0

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CVE-2025-48924

Vulnerable Library - commons-lang3-3.8.1.jar

Apache Commons Lang, a package of Java utility classes for the classes that are in java.lang's hierarchy, or are considered to be so standard as to justify existence in java.lang.

Library home page: https://www.apache.org/

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle.kts

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/containerbase/cache/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.apache.commons/commons-lang3/3.8.1/6505a72a097d9270f7a9e7bf42c4238283247755/commons-lang3-3.8.1.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• checkstyle-10.21.4.jar (Root Library)
  • doxia-core-1.12.0.jar
    • ❌ commons-lang3-3.8.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: ba962580f42d9551951cc19e6e32a797e829a759

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons Lang.
This issue affects Apache Commons Lang: Starting with commons-lang:commons-lang 2.0 to 2.6, and, from org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 3.0 before 3.18.0.
The methods ClassUtils.getClass(...) can throw StackOverflowError on very long inputs. Because an Error is usually not handled by applications and libraries, a
StackOverflowError could cause an application to stop.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.18.0, which fixes the issue.
Mend Note: The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.

Publish Date: 2025-07-11

URL: CVE-2025-48924

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

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Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2025-07-11

Fix Resolution: https://github.com/apache/commons-lang.git - commons-lang-3.18.0

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