GHSA-ghvc-7hp8-2g2vHighCVSS 7.5

Apache cxf-core: No restriction on attachment headers per message

Published
June 12, 2026
Last Modified
August 12, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products3

  • maven/org.apache.cxf:cxf-core:>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.2
  • maven/org.apache.cxf:cxf-core:>= 4.0.0, < 4.1.7
  • maven/org.apache.cxf:cxf-core:< 3.6.12

🔗 References (5)