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CVE-2026-49875

Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF — Apache CXF: XML External Entity (XXE) Injection in W3CMultiSchemaFactory and EndpointReferenceUtils

Description · from the CVE record

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

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Apache CXF4.2.0 – < 4.2.24.2.2CNA
Apache CXF4.0.0 – < 4.1.74.1.7CNA
Apache CXF< 3.6.123.6.12CNA
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.1.P1 for Spring Boot 3.5.16see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.18 for Quarkus 3.33see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat Fuse 7see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Packsee advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7see advisory–redhat-SADP

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
redhat-SADP (CNA)7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA ADP6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

References

advisorylists.apache.org/thread/3kb9w5bg90xcp06fccoz9k3gpsvyy79orefopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/11/2refaccess.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-49875refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488309refsecurity.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-49875.jsonadvisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36839advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390