# CVE-2026-75140: jsoup Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in XmlTreeBuilder

- Also known as: GHSA-65R4-943X-97JJ
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.23.2
- Published: 2026-08-20 · Updated: 2026-08-21

## Affected

- jhy soup: through 1.23.1
- org.jsoup:jsoup (Maven): fixed in 1.23.2

## Description

jsoup through 1.23.2, fixed in commit 862ba2f, contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in XmlTreeBuilder that allows remote attackers to exhaust JVM heap memory by supplying a deeply nested XML document with uniquely-namespaced elements. The builder copies the entire inherited namespace map on every start element, causing quadratic time and memory complexity, which attackers can exploit to trigger an OutOfMemoryError and terminate the application.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on jhy soup, org.jsoup:jsoup, upgrade to a fixed version (1.23.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/jhy/jsoup/pull/2556
- https://github.com/jhy/jsoup/commit/862ba2f1d48ee95609183dbcfc848c9fd7afc76a
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/jsoup-uncontrolled-resource-consumption-in-xmltreebuilder

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