Description
An incomplete fix for CVE-2026-50645 means that it is still possible to perform a denial of service attack on Apache CXF by sending a message with many attachment headers. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.3 or 4.1.8 or 3.6.12, which fix this issue.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected products
- apache / CXF3.6.12
- Apache Software Foundation / Apache CXF4.2.0 – 4.2.3
- Apache Software Foundation / Apache CXF4.0.0 – 4.1.8
- Apache Software Foundation / Apache CXF0 – 3.6.12
References
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