CVE-2026-66909 (GCVE-0-2026-66909)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-06 10:23
Modified
2026-08-07 00:01
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Summary
Apache CXF's JMS transport deserializes the body of any inbound JMS ObjectMessage using native Java deserialization, with no type restrictions in place. Any attacker able to place a message on the service's JMS destination can submit a malicious serialized object, leading to denial of service or, if a suitable gadget class is on the classpath, remote code execution. The fix disables ObjectMessage deserialization by default, with a configuration switch to re-enable it if needed. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.3 or 4.1.8 or 3.6.12, which fix this issue.
References
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Impacted products
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| Apache Software Foundation | Apache CXF |
Version: 4.2.0 ≤ Version: 4.0.0 ≤ Version: 0 ≤ |
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