Ubuntu USN · USN-8322-2

Apache Commons BeanUtils regression

Published: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:39

CVE-2014-0114CVE-2019-10086

Summary

USN-8322-1 introduced a regression in Apache Commons BeanUtils

Details

USN-8322-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apache Commons BeanUtils. It was discovered that for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, during the update preparation phase, a previous fix for CVE-2014-0114 and CVE-2019-10086 was incorrectly dropped. This update reintroduces the fix for CVE-2014-0114 and CVE-2019-10086. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Apache Commons BeanUtils incorrectly allowed access to the declaredClass property of Java enum objects when handling externally supplied property paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Recommended actions per Ubuntu release

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Ubuntu xenial

commons-beanutils→1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2apt_upgrade_esm
Fixed at 1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2 — ESM-only. Enable Ubuntu Pro (free for 5 personal machines) or treat as watch item.
```
sudo pro attach <token>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y commons-beanutils=1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
```
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libcommons-beanutils-java→1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2apt_upgrade_esm
Fixed at 1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2 — ESM-only. Enable Ubuntu Pro (free for 5 personal machines) or treat as watch item.
```
sudo pro attach <token>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcommons-beanutils-java=1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
```
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libcommons-beanutils-java-doc→1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2apt_upgrade_esm
Fixed at 1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2 — ESM-only. Enable Ubuntu Pro (free for 5 personal machines) or treat as watch item.
```
sudo pro attach <token>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcommons-beanutils-java-doc=1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
```
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