Critical vulnerability surfaces in Apache Commons Text library

siteadmin October 17, 2022

A critical vulnerability has been detected in the Apache Commons Text library, which could allow remote code execution by an attacker. Named CVE-2022-42889, its severity rating is 9.8, similar to another vulnerability found in July. However, the risk is considered lower than the previous Log4j vulnerability, as the affected functions are less likely to receive user data.