apache/cxf · Security
Apache CXF has Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-xw5h-cmh3-8j6j
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-49875
- Severity
- critical
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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, which fix this issue.
CWEs
- CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49875 ↗
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/3kb9w5bg90xcp06fccoz9k3gpsvyy79o ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/11/2 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-49875 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488309 ↗
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-49875.json ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36839 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390 ↗
- https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2026-49875.txt ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xw5h-cmh3-8j6j ↗