Apache Commons Compress: Denial of service caused by an infinite loop for a corrupted DUMP file
Priority LOW 36CWE-835Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 10 fixed, 12 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-835.
Summary
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress.This issue affects Apache Commons Compress: from 1.3 through 1.25.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.26.0 which fixes the issue.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00441 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven): 1.26.0Red Hat: 10 advisoriesRed Hat: 10 fixed, 12 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Commons Compress | 1.3 – 1.25.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven) | 1.3 to before 1.26.0 | 1.26.0 | Patch available | GHSA-4g9r-vxhx-9pgx |
- Apache Commons Compress VendorApache Affected 1.3 – 1.25.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.3 to before 1.26.0 Fixed in 1.26.0 Patch available GHSA-4g9r-vxhx-9pgx
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-4g9r-vxhx-9pgx org.apache.commons:commons-compress (Maven) Fixed in 1.26.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 10 advisories
- RHSA-2025:7625 Released 2025-05-14 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat AMQ Broker 7.13.0 release and security update
- Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.13.0
- RHSA-2024:4057 Released 2024-06-24 · Red Hat rating ImportantRelease of OpenShift Serverless Logic 1.33.0 security update & enhancements
- Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.33 openshift-serverless-1/logic-data-index-ephemeral-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/logic-data-index-postgresql-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/logic-jobs-service-ephemeral-rhel8 +6
- RHSA-2024:3989 Released 2024-06-20 · Red Hat rating ImportantMigration Toolkit for Applications security and bug fix update
- MTA 6.2 for RHEL 8 mta/mta-ui-rhel9, mta/mta-windup-addon-rhel9
Show 7 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2024:3527 Released 2024-05-30 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat AMQ Streams 2.7.0 release and security update
- Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.7.0
- RHSA-2024:2833 Released 2024-05-14 · Red Hat rating ModerateService Registry (container images) release and security update [2.5.11 GA]
- RHINT Service Registry 2.5.11 GA
- RHSA-2024:1797 Released 2024-04-22 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Quarkus 2.13.9.SP2 release and security update
- Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.13.9.SP2 org.apache.commons.commons-compress-1.26.1.redhat-00001.jar, org.postgresql.postgresql-42.5.6.redhat-00001.jar
- RHSA-2024:1924 Released 2024-04-18 · Red Hat rating ModerateMigration Toolkit for Runtimes security, bug fix and enhancement update
- Migration Toolkit for Runtimes 1 on RHEL 8
- RHSA-2024:1706 Released 2024-04-09 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.0 for Quarkus 3.2 is now available (updates to RHBQ 3.2.11)
- CEQ 3.2
- RHSA-2024:1662 Released 2024-04-03 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Quarkus 3.2.11 release and security update
- Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.2.11.Final io.quarkus.quarkus-kubernetes-deployment-3.2.11.Final-redhat-00001.jar, io.quarkus.quarkus-resteasy-reactive-3.2.11.Final-redhat-00001.jar, io.vertx.vertx-core-4.4.8.redhat-00001.jar +2
- RHSA-2024:1509 Released 2024-03-26 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Data Grid 8.4.7 security update
- Red Hat Data Grid
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 | 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 Process Automation 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of OptaPlanner 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat support for Spring Boot | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| CEQ 3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:1706 |
| MTA 6.2 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:3989 |
| Migration Toolkit for Runtimes 1 on RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:1924 |
| RHINT Service Registry 2.5.11 GA | Fixed | RHSA-2024:2833 |
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.13.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:7625 |
| Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.7.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:3527 |
| Red Hat Data Grid | Fixed | RHSA-2024:1509 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.33 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:4057 |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.13.9.SP2 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:1797 |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.2.11.Final | Fixed | RHSA-2024:1662 |
Not affected: 16 products
- A-MQ Clients 2
- Cryostat 2
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
- MTA 6.2 for RHEL 8
- Red Hat AMQ Clients
- Red Hat Build of Keycloak
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5
- Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3
- Red Hat build of Debezium 2
- Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.13.9.SP2
- Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.2.11.Final
- streams for Apache Kafka
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-25710
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4g9r-vxhx-9pgx
References
Advisory 3
More Apache Commons Compress vulnerabilities
- 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-2024-25710 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-25710 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4g9r-vxhx-9pgx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-25710 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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