CVE-2026-97791

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileDEFRUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.30% (23rd) 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

In Apache CXF, STSTokenValidator checks whether a SAML assertion is signed by a trusted certificate before deciding to send it to the STS. That result was stored in one object shared by all requests, so one request could read another's result. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could send a forged assertion signed with an untrusted certificate while legitimate requests were being processed, and it could be accepted as trusted without ever reaching the STS. Only services that use STSTokenValidator to validate SAML tokens without alwaysValidateToSts set are affected. 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-362US

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 2026-10-20

references (2) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/09/10Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ssdr417qgms9fjl0m8802xd8170wnk1lIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

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