Infinite loop in Apache Commons Compress
Priority LOW 33CWE-835Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 13 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-835.
Summary
When reading a specially crafted ZIP archive, the read method of Apache Commons Compress 1.7 to 1.17's ZipArchiveInputStream can fail to return the correct EOF indication after the end of the stream has been reached. When combined with a java.io.InputStreamReader this can lead to an infinite stream, which can be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' zip package.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.05253 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven): 1.18Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 13 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Commons Compress | 1.7 to 1.17 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven) | 1.7 to before 1.18 | 1.18 | Patch available | GHSA-hrmr-f5m6-m9pq |
- Apache Commons Compress VendorApache Affected 1.7 to 1.17 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.7 to before 1.18 Fixed in 1.18 Patch available GHSA-hrmr-f5m6-m9pq
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-hrmr-f5m6-m9pq org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven) Fixed in 1.18 Advisory →
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2020:0983 Released 2020-03-26 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Fuse 7.6.0 security update
- Red Hat Fuse 7.6.0
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| JBoss Developer Studio 11 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat BPM Suite 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Software Collections | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Fuse 7.6.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0983 |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Software Collections
- Red Hat Virtualization 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-11771
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hrmr-f5m6-m9pq
References
Other 29
- [announce] 20180816 [CVE-2018-11771] Apache Commons Compress 1.7 to 1.17 denial of service vulnerability
- [pulsar-commits] 20190416 [GitHub] [pulsar] one70six opened a new issue #4057: Security Vulnerabilities - Black Duck Scan - Pulsar v.2.3.1
- [creadur-dev] 20190530 [Discuss] RAT-244 - update to language level 1.7 due to CVE issues in RAT
- [commons-notifications] 20190827 svn commit: r1049290 - in /websites/production/commons/content/proper/commons-compress: changes-report.html security-reports.html
- [commons-commits] 20190827 [commons-compress] branch master updated: record CVE-2019-12402
- [tinkerpop-commits] 20190923 [GitHub] [tinkerpop] justinchuch opened a new pull request #1199: Upgrade commons-compress to version 1.19 due to CVE-2018-11771
- [tinkerpop-commits] 20190923 [GitHub] [tinkerpop] spmallette commented on issue #1199: Upgrade commons-compress to version 1.19 due to CVE-2018-11771
- [tinkerpop-commits] 20190923 [GitHub] [tinkerpop] robertdale commented on issue #1199: Upgrade commons-compress to version 1.19 due to CVE-2018-11771
- [tinkerpop-dev] 20190924 [GitHub] [tinkerpop] spmallette commented on issue #1199: Upgrade commons-compress to version 1.19 due to CVE-2018-11771
- [tinkerpop-commits] 20190924 [GitHub] [tinkerpop] spmallette commented on issue #1199: Upgrade commons-compress to version 1.19 due to CVE-2018-11771
- [tinkerpop-commits] 20190924 [GitHub] [tinkerpop] justinchuch commented on issue #1199: Upgrade commons-compress to version 1.19 due to CVE-2018-11771
- [tinkerpop-dev] 20190924 [GitHub] [tinkerpop] justinchuch commented on issue #1199: Upgrade commons-compress to version 1.19 due to CVE-2018-11771
- [tinkerpop-dev] 20190930 [GitHub] [tinkerpop] spmallette closed pull request #1199: Upgrade commons-compress to version 1.19 due to CVE-2018-11771
- [tinkerpop-commits] 20190930 [GitHub] [tinkerpop] spmallette merged pull request #1199: Upgrade commons-compress to version 1.19 due to CVE-2018-11771
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9cdd32af7d73e943452167d15801db39e8130409ebb9efb243b3f41@%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f28052d04cb8dbaae39bfd3dc8438e58c2a8be306a3f381f4728d7c1@%3Ccommits.commons.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/eeecc1669242b28a3777ae13c68b376b0148d589d3d8170340d61120@%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e3eae9e6fc021c4c22dda59a335d21c12eecab480b48115a2f098ef6@%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c7954dc1e8fafd7ca1449f078953b419ebf8936e087f235f3bd024be@%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b907e70bc422905d7962fd18f863f746bf7b4e7ed9da25c148580c61@%3Cnotifications.commons.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8ef29df0f1d55aa741170748352ae8e425c7b1d286b2f257711a2dd@%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8da751fc0ca949534cdf2744111da6bb0349d2798fac94b0a50f330@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/714c6ac1b1b50f8557e7342903ef45f1538a7bc60a0b47d6e48c273d@%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c79965066c30d4e330e04d911d3761db41b82c89ae38d9a6b37a6f1@%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/35f60d6d0407c13c39411038ba1aca71d92595ed7041beff4d07f2ee@%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3565494c263dfeb4dcb2a71cb24d09a1ca285cd6ac74edc025a3af8a@%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0adb631517766e793e18a59723e2df08ced41eb9a57478f14781c9f7@%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/apache/commons-compress
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- TI-2021-14540 Apache Commons Compress 1.0 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-14251 Apache Commons Compress 1.1 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-09249 Infinite loop in Apache Commons Compress CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-14250 Apache Commons Compress 1.6 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-14249 Apache Commons Compress 1.6 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2012-01871 Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
Sources
- CVE-2018-11771 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-11771 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hrmr-f5m6-m9pq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-11771 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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