CVE-2026-61483

7.5 HIGH

Published 2026-08-05 · Updated 2026-08-06

AI risk analysis

Summary: Uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in Apache Lucy allows attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering excessive memory consumption.
Exploitability: Exploitation is relatively easy given uncontrolled input can trigger deep recursion leading to resource exhaustion.
Blast radius: If exploited, the impact could be significant as it may lead to system crashes or Denial of Service for affected instances.
Prioritized remediation: Restrict access to Apache Lucy instances to trusted users and consider using alternative search engine solutions.

dosmemory-exhaustionsearch-engine

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NVD description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Lucy. This issue affects Apache Lucy: all versions. As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-674

Vendors

apache

Products

lucy

All references

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