Vulnerabilities / CVE-2026-49875

critical

CVE-2026-49875

cxf: org.apache.cxf/cxf-core: Apache CXF: Information disclosure via out-of-band external entity resolution due to missing JAXP hardening

Published Modified CWE 611
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (high).

Description

Apache CXF's EndpointReferenceUtils and W3CMultiSchemaFactory classes construct a SAXParserFactory without the necessary JAXP hardening configurations, enabling out-of-band (OOB) external entity resolution. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.2 or 4.1.7 or 3.6.12, which fix this issue.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.cxf:cxf-core4.2.2, 4.1.7, 3.6.12
chainguardwso2is0
echo maven::Echo OSVorg.apache.cxf:cxf-core4.1.7
Red Hatcxf-coreno fix listed
seal maven::Seal Security Databaseorg.apache.cxf:cxf-core, seal.sp1.org.apache.cxf:cxf-core, seal.sp2.org.apache.cxf:cxf-core and 1 more3.2.6+sp999, 3.5.9+sp999 and 1 more
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SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.cxf:cxf-core4.2.2, 4.1.7, 3.6.12
chainguardwso2is0
echo maven::Echo OSVorg.apache.cxf:cxf-core4.1.7
Red Hatcxf-coreno fix listed
seal maven::Seal Security Databaseorg.apache.cxf:cxf-core3.2.6+sp999, 3.5.9+sp999
seal maven::Seal Security Databaseseal.sp1.org.apache.cxf:cxf-core3.2.6+sp999, 3.5.9+sp999
seal maven::Seal Security Databaseseal.sp2.org.apache.cxf:cxf-core3.5.9+sp999
seal maven::Seal Security Databaseseal.sp3.org.apache.cxf:cxf-core3.5.9+sp999

References

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