Stored cross-site scripting in Apache Commons BCEL Class2HTML
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 7 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Apache Commons BCEL before 6.13.0 is affected. Its Class2HTML emitters write strings from class files into generated HTML without escaping them (CWE-79). An unauthenticated attacker who supplies a crafted class file can inject script that runs in the browser of a user who views the generated report.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') vulnerability in Apache Commons BCEL. This only happens when you're using Class2HTML to generate webpages for possibly-attacker-controlled class files, where Class2HTML emitters write attacker class-file strings into HTML unescaped (stored XSS in reports). This issue affects Apache Commons BCEL: before 6.13.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.13.0, which fixes the issue.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
Upgrade Apache Commons BCEL to version 6.13.0, which fixes the issue. Red Hat lists no fix available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 9 and 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3, Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6, and Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3, and no fix planned for Red Hat Fuse 7.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Apache Commons BCEL (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 6.13.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Apache Commons BCEL — lists.apache.org/thread.html/co1wfk2lyrmpnfhn49o370pvfl978r…
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-68935 Apache Commons BCEL class repositories cache classes under self-declared namesPriority LOW 35
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105111
- 2026-10-07 Alias added: GHSA-vpf7-2j6x-pp68
- 2026-10-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-07 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-105111 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-105111 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vpf7-2j6x-pp68 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-105111 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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