CVE-2026-50645 PUBLISHED

Apache CXF: No restriction on attachment headers per message

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 05.06.2026 Published: 12.06.2026 Updated: 12.06.2026

There is no restriction on the amount of attachment headers that a message can contain when being deserialized by Apache CXF, which can lead to uncontrolled resource consumption or a denial of service attack. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.2 or 4.1.7, which fix this issue by imposing a maximum default of 500 attachments per message.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache CXF
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4.2.0 to 4.2.2 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 4.1.7 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE