High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published May 25, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-2798
CVE-2023-2798
Description
Those using HtmlUnit to browse untrusted webpages may be vulnerable to Denial of service attacks (DoS). If HtmlUnit is running on user supplied web pages, an attacker may supply content that causes HtmlUnit to crash by a stack overflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.This issue affects htmlunit before 2.70.0.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.htmlunit:htmlunitMaven | < 2.70.0 | 2.70.0 |
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/commit/940dc7fdnvdPatchWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-rc44-5cmh-879mghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2798ghsaADVISORY
- bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detailnvdMailing ListWEB
- github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/releases/tag/2.70.0ghsaWEB
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