CVE-2026-62296
HAPI FHIR: XHTML narrative parser unbounded recursion causes StackOverflow denial of service
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Aug 7, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 13, 2026
Description
HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. Prior to 6.9.11, XhtmlParser.java imposes no maximum element nesting depth, so a deeply nested text.div narrative triggers unbounded recursion between parseElementInner() and parseElement(), raising a StackOverflowError. An attacker who can submit FHIR resources containing such narratives can thus crash a parsing or validation worker thread, affecting validator services and any application that parses attacker-supplied FHIR JSON or XML. This issue is fixed in version 6.9.11.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
org.hl7.fhir.corehapifhir |
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ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r5hapifhir |
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ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.utilitieshapifhir |
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ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.validationhapifhir |
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ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.validation.clihapifhir |
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References
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