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.

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Attack Complexity Low

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Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
jhy soup affected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 1.23.1
862ba2f1d48ee95609183dbcfc848c9fd7afc76a unaffected —

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

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title jsoup Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in XmlTreeBuilder
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, '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'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T15:56:50.377Z

Reserved: 2026-08-17T18:39:57.661Z

Link: CVE-2026-75140

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-20T16:18:02.030

Modified: 2026-08-20T16:18:02.030

Link: CVE-2026-75140

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