Medium

CVE-2026-73632 — Exposure of data element to wrong session vulnerability in the JSON plugin of Apache…

Exposure of data element to wrong session vulnerability in the JSON plugin of Apache Struts. Per-response serialization state could be shared across concurrent requests, allowing response content associated with one request to become observable in another. Only the SMD / JSON-RPC handling of the JSON interceptor is affected, which is not enabled by default; applications using the json result type are not affected. This issue affects Apache Struts: 7.2.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 7.3.0, which fixes the issue.

Published Aug 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database · CNA: security@apache.org

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

Technical severity (medium)+3

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

—

No EPSS score.

Affects

Apache Software Foundation

Struts

CVSS base

4.3

Medium · 1 source(s)

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

Documented mitigation — cwiki.apache.org (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Apache Software Foundation Struts).
Apply the documented mitigations until a definitive fix is available.
Search available logs for exploit probes, errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Apache Software Foundation	Struts	version 7.2.1	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
4.3	CVSS 3.1	Medium	2.8	1.4	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 via NIST National Vulnerability Database

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N (score shown at the top: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-567

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPS

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Record published
Oct 15, 2026
Fix documented
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVSS changed · 4.3
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Aug 15, 2026 · security@apache.org

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026

References

1 on the record

cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-071
Vendor Advisory, Mitigation, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Apache Software Foundation
every CVE for this vendor

CWE-567
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

High CVE-2026-104714 Apache Struts: Shared message formatter exposes date and time values across concurrent requests 10d
Critical CVE-2026-104711 Apache Struts: OGNL injection in the legacy RESTful action mapper 10d
High CVE-2026-104712 Apache Struts: Disproportionate response size when rendering BigDecimal request parameters 10d
Medium CVE-2026-104713 Apache Struts: Unbounded request body read in the REST plugin 10d
High CVE-2026-73635 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Apache Software Foundation Struts Aug 15, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-73631 Exposure of data element to wrong session vulnerability in the JSON plugin of Apache… Aug 15, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No FIRST EPSS score.
No CISA SSVC assessment.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-73632 is "Exposure of data element to wrong session vulnerability in the JSON plugin of Apache…", rated Medium. It affects Struts (Apache Software Foundation); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 4.3 describes technical severity. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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