CVE-2026-89238 (GCVE-0-2026-89238)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-30 11:59
Modified
2026-09-30 19:50
Severity ?
Summary
WSS4J EncryptedHeader child confusion could promote an attacker-controlled plaintext element as the decrypted header, leading to incorrect confidentiality coverage and possible policy bypass. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.0.2 or 3.0.6 or 2.4.4, which fix this issue.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache WSS4J Version: 4.0.0   ≤
Version: 3.0.0   ≤
Version: 0   ≤
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