CVE-2026-110259
Publication date 15 October 2026
Last updated 15 October 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 contains an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in ClassWriter.replaceAsmInstructions() that allows attackers to cause denial of service through crafted class files. Attackers can supply a class with a large method containing many long forward jumps, triggering unbounded toByteArray() recursion and a StackOverflowError during transformation.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| asm | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version:
Base score
6.8 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base score
5.5 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-110259
- https://asm.ow2.io/versions.html
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/blob/ASM_9_10_1/asm/src/main/java/org/objectweb/asm/ClassWriter.java#L751
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/commit/e9aca627c17e1619bcb8059afb43382dac6b275f
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/merge_requests/459
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ow2-asm-3.0-before-9.11-uncontrolled-recursion-via-classwriter-replaceasminstructions