Apache WSS4J before 1.6.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 improperly leaks information about decryption failures when decrypting an encrypted key or message data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to recover the plaintext form of a symmetric key via a series of crafted messages. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-2487.
CVE-2015-0226
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 5.5%, top 8% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 92.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 30, 2017
Last Modified
May 13, 2026
References (22)
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0846.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0847.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0848.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0849.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1177.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72553
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1376
- secalert@redhathttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbgn03900en_us
- secalert@redhathttps://ws.apache.org/wss4j/advisories/CVE-2015-0226.txt.asc
- secalert@redhathttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0846.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0847.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0848.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0849.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2015-0226(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2015:1176Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.2.0 update
- RHSA-2015:1177Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.2.0 update
- RHSA-2015:1009Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2.0 update
- RHSA-2015:0773Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6.4.1 update
Patch Availability(8)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | wss4j | 2016-06-30 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2015-06-23 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2015-06-23 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2015-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | xml-commons-resolver-eap6-0:1.2.0-1.redhat_10.2.ep6.el5 | 2015-04-16 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2015-04-16 | redhat |
| redhat | xml-commons-resolver-eap6-0:1.2.0-1.redhat_10.2.ep6.el7 | 2015-04-16 | redhat |
| redhat | xml-commons-resolver-eap6-0:1.2.0-1.redhat_10.2.ep6.el6 | 2015-04-16 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-dom | 2.0.0, 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | — |
| org.apache.ws.security:wss4j | 1.5.10 ... 1.6.9 (28 versions) | 1.6.17 | — |
Additional Vendor Advisories
(5)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2015:0846IMPORTANT2015-02-10
RHSA-2015:0846 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2015:0847IMPORTANT2015-02-10
RHSA-2015:0847 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2015:0848IMPORTANT2015-02-10
RHSA-2015:0848 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2015:0849IMPORTANT2015-02-10
RHSA-2015:0849 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2016:1376IMPORTANT2015-02-10
RHSA-2016:1376 — Important
Data Freshness Timeline
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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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