CVE-2026-107937 (GCVE-0-2026-107937)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-09 10:19
Modified
2026-10-15 17:45
Severity ?
Summary
In Apache CXF, the parser for multipart/MTOM attachment part headers did not fully enforce the configured attachment-max-header-size (default 300 characters) and attachment-headers-max-count (default 500) limits. The size limit was applied only to each physical line, not to a header value built from continuation lines or to the combined values of a repeated header. The count limit was checked against the number of distinct header names, not the total number of header lines. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could send a multipart request with very large folded or repeated part headers. The server would then allocate memory without bound, causing a denial of service.  Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.4 or 4.1.9 or 3.6.13, which fix this issue.
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Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF Version: 4.2.0   ≤
Version: 4.0.0   ≤
Version: 0   ≤
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