htmlcleaner vulnerable to stack exhaustion

HIGH 7.5CVE-2023-34624 · GHSA-jv4x-j47q-6qvp · Published 14/06/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-34624 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting net.sourceforge.htmlcleaner:htmlcleaner, htmlcleaner (htmlcleaner project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.0%, higher than 64.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.29 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
net.sourceforge.htmlcleaner:htmlcleaner Maven	`< 2.29`	`2.29`
htmlcleaner htmlcleaner_project	`≤ 2.28`	No fix yet

Description

An issue was discovered htmlcleaner through version 2.28 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies.

NVD description

An issue was discovered htmlcleaner thru = 2.28 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34624 · ADVISORY
amplafi/htmlcleaner · WEB
amplafi/htmlcleaner · PACKAGE
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00007.html · WEB
debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5471 · WEB

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