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 v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/24zb7cqcvykhwm0j797dmdq25s61mj93	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/11/12	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-06-12 10:16

Updated : 2026-08-07 13:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-50645

Mitre link : CVE-2026-50645

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-50645

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Products Affected

apache

cxf

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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