CVE-2021-30468

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.070 · 94 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

7.02% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

18 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the JsonMapObjectReaderWriter of Apache CXF allows an attacker to submit malformed JSON to a web service, which results in the thread getting stuck in an infinite loop, consuming CPU indefinitely. This issue affects Apache CXF versions prior to 3.4.4; Apache CXF versions prior to 3.3.11.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-835USprimaryCWE-400USCWE-400USCWE-835US

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM InfoSphere Information Serverall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:-
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:qradar_siem:7.3
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:qradar_siem:7.4
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.5.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:qradar_siem:7.5.0
Apache Software Foundation Apache CXFApache CXF → 3.4.4enisa_euvdEU
apache cxf< 3.3.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache cxf3.4.0 → 3.4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomee= 8.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle business intelligence= 12.2.1.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_intelligence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle business intelligence= 12.2.1.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_intelligence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle business intelligence= 5.5.0.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_intelligence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle business intelligence= 5.9.0.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_intelligence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle communications element manager= 8.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_element_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle communications messaging server= 8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:oracle:communications_messaging_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.cxf:apache-cxf< 3.3.11osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.cxf/apache-cxf
Maven org.apache.cxf:apache-cxf3.4.0 → 3.4.4osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.cxf/apache-cxf
Maven org.apache.cxf:cxf< 3.3.11osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf
Maven org.apache.cxf:cxf3.4.0 → 3.4.4osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-0227IBM QRadar SIEM: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-11-30csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM QRadar SIEM ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, Administratorrechte zu erlangen, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren oder Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
WID-SEC-W-2025-1459Dell Data Protection Advisor: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-07-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell Data Protection Advisor ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, und um weitere nicht näher spezifizierte Angriffe durchzuführen.
GHSA-g23v-p5jq-jvh4Infinite loop in Apache CFX2022-01-06ghsa · osvUS
A vulnerability in the JsonMapObjectReaderWriter of Apache CXF allows an attacker to submit malformed JSON to a web service, which results in the thread getting stuck in an infinite loop, consuming CPU indefinitely. This issue affects Apache CXF versions prior to 3.4.4; Apache CXF versions prior to 3.3.11.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-06-16modified 2026-06-17

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