Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-110591OW2 ASM 1.4.3 before 9.11 Excessive Resource Consumption via Analyzer
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in ASM from OW2. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
OW2 ASM 1.4.3 before 9.11 contains an excessive resource consumption vulnerability in Analyzer.analyze() that allows attackers to exhaust memory and CPU via crafted class files. Attackers can supply class files analysed through BasicVerifier, SimpleVerifier or SourceInterpreter to trigger unbounded per-instruction Frame allocation and fix point iterations, causing denial of service.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | asm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-110591 |
| Debian:13 | asm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-110591 |
| Debian:14 | asm | 9.11.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-110591 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | asm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110591 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | asm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110591 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | asm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110591 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | asm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110591 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/merge_requests/468 patch
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/commit/4632a2283f1192fd0e93035661b49568a7cb8b6c patch
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/blob/ASM_9_10_1/asm-analysis/src/main/java/org/objectweb/asm/tree/analysis/Analyzer.java#L150 technical-description
- ASM 9.11 Release Notes release-notes
- VulnCheck Advisory: OW2 ASM 1.4.3 before 9.11 Excessive Resource Consumption via Analyzer third-party-advisory