CVE-2026-50645
There is no restriction on the amount of attachment headers that a message can contain when being deserialized by Apache CXF, which can lead to uncontrolled resource consumption or a denial of service attack. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.2 or 4.1.7 or 3.6.12, which fix this issue by imposing a maximum default of 500 attachments per message.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 39% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-400
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apache:cxf
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-ghvc-7hp8-2g2v | Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf-core | >=4.2.0 <4.2.2 | 4.2.2 |
| GHSA-ghvc-7hp8-2g2v | Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf-core | >=4.0.0 <4.1.7 | 4.1.7 |
| GHSA-ghvc-7hp8-2g2v | Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf-core | <3.6.12 | 3.6.12 |