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CVE-2006-1547 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

Apache Struts 1 vulnerability

Apache Struts 1 before 1.2.9 with BeanUtils 1.7 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in ActionForm that allows attackers to disrupt service availability.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

A denial-of-service condition in Apache Struts ActionForm enables attackers to exhaust resources and interrupt application availability. The vulnerability has been observed in active exploitation.

CISA KEV Yes · 2022-01-213EPSS 0.54635 (verify live)4
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Reported exploitation
1 independent public report of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
cisa.gov ↗Confirmed
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-01-21).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.54635 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Apache, Struts 1. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I craft malicious input targeting the ActionForm component to trigger resource exhaustion.
Business
Service becomes unavailable to legitimate users, disrupting business operations and customer access.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • 1 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • Catalogued by redhat (CNA)
  • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • No finder/reporter credit recorded in the public CVE entry — the work behind this find is unattributed.
  • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by redhatCNA
    Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.