CVE-2026-108039

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileDEFRUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.46% (40th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cert_bund · nvd · certfr

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

By default, StaxUtils placed no limit on the total number of elements or the total number of characters in an XML document. A very large request could therefore use a lot of memory and CPU during parsing, especially where CXF builds a DOM from the input (for example SAAJ or WS-Security), and could cause a denial of service when no request size limit was configured. Both limits now have defaults: the maximum element count is 100 × maxChildElements (5,000,000 by default), and the maximum document size is 256M characters. Applications that process larger documents can raise the limits with the org.apache.cxf.stax.maxElementCount and org.apache.cxf.stax.maxXMLCharacters properties. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.4 or 4.1.9 or 3.6.13, which fix this issue.

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 · 6.9–7.5

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

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)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-776US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Apache CXF <3.6.13< 3.6.13cert_bundDE
Apache Apache CXF <4.1.9< 4.1.9cert_bundDE
Apache Apache CXF <4.2.4< 4.2.4cert_bundDE
Apache CXF< 3.6.13cert_bundDE
Apache CXF< 4.1.9cert_bundDE
Apache CXF< 4.2.4cert_bundDE
apache cxf< 3.6.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache cxf4.0.0 → 4.1.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache cxf4.2.0 → 4.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-3824Apache CXF: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-10-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apache CXF ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren und offenzulegen, Benutzer auf vom Angreifer kontrollierte Websites umzuleiten oder Denial-of-Service-Zustände auszulösen.
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cert_bund nvd certfr NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-10-09modified 2026-10-16

references (2) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/09/14Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ms2gbpof609o0v1bjlzb1rn7fwh61l1jIssue TrackingVendor AdvisoryMailing List

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