Apache CXF ships with a OpenId Connect JWK Keys service, which allows a client to obtain the public keys in JWK format, which can then be used to verify the signature of tokens issued by the service. Typically, the service obtains the public key from a local keystore (JKS/PKCS12) by specifing the path of the keystore and the alias of the keystore entry. This case is not vulnerable. However it is also possible to obtain the keys from a JWK keystore file, by setting the configuration parameter "rs.security.keystore.type" to "jwk". For this case all keys are returned in this file "as is", including all private key and secret key credentials. This is an obvious security risk if the user has configured the signature keystore file with private or secret key credentials. From CXF 3.3.5 and 3.2.12, it is mandatory to specify an alias corresponding to the id of the key in the JWK file, and only this key is returned. In addition, any private key information is omitted by default. "oct" keys, which contain secret keys, are not returned at all.
CVE-2019-12423
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 6.1% (93rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). 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
- 7.5HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 41EG Risk 41/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation6% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 6.1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 93rd
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
January 16, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (20)
- security@apachehttp://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12423.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1579178393000&api=v2
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd588ff96f18563aeb5f87ac8c6bce7aae86cb1a4d4be483f96e7208c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- security@apachehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- security@apachehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12423.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1579178393000&api=v2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd588ff96f18563aeb5f87ac8c6bce7aae86cb1a4d4be483f96e7208c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-12423(13)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2020:5568Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Fuse 7.8.0 release and security update
- RHSA-2020:3197Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Process Automation Manager 7.8.0 Security Update
- RHSA-2020:3196Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Decision Manager 7.8.0 Security Update
- RHSA-2020:2905Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat build of Thorntail 2.7.0 security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2020:2511Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Security update
- RHSA-2020:2512Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Security update
- RHSA-2020:2513Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Security update
- RHSA-2020:2515Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.1 Security update
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Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | cxf-core | 2020-12-16 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2020-07-23 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wss4j-0:2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap | 2020-06-11 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wss4j-0:2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 2020-06-11 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wss4j-0:2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap | 2020-06-11 | 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 | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.cxf:apache-cxf | 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4 |
| — |
| org.apache.cxf:cxf | 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4 |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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