# CVE-2026-104714: Apache Struts: Shared message formatter exposes date and time values across concurrent requests

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-05 · Updated: 2026-10-06

## Affected

- org.apache.struts:struts2-core: from 2.0.0, through 2.3.37; from 2.5.0, through 2.5.33; from 6.0.0, through 6.11.0; from 7.0.0, through 7.3.0

## Description

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') vulnerability in Apache Struts. Where a localized message formats a date or time argument, the formatter retained for that message by the application-wide text provider is used by concurrently served requests without isolation, so a value belonging to one user can appear in another user's response, or the rendering can fail and surface as a server error. Applications whose localized messages format no date or time arguments are not affected. This issue affects Apache Struts: from 2.0.0 through 2.3.37, from 2.5.0 through 2.5.33, from 6.0.0 through 6.11.0, from 7.0.0 through 7.3.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.12.0 or 7.4.0, which fixes the issue.

## What to do

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## References

- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-078

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