JAX-RS XML Security streaming clients in Apache CXF before 3.1.11 and 3.0.13 do not validate that the service response was signed or encrypt

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• apache cxf3.0.0 and later · up to 3.0.13 inclusive
• apache cxf3.1.0 and later · up to 3.1.11 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF

  • prior to 3.0.13, 3.1.x prior to 3.1.11affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2019-12419Apache CXF before 3.3.4 and 3.2.11 provides all of the components that are required to build a fully fledged OpenId Connect service.
  43Plan
• CVE-2010-2076Apache CXF 2.0.x before 2.0.13, 2.1.x before 2.1.10, and 2.2.x before 2.2.9, as used in Apache ServiceMix, Apache Camel, Apache Chemistry, A
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• CVE-2012-2379Apache CXF 2.4.x before 2.4.8, 2.5.x before 2.5.4, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1, when a Supporting Token specifies a child WS-SecurityPolicy 1.1 o
  41Plan
• CVE-2022-46364Apache CXF SSRF Vulnerability
  40Plan
• CVE-2012-0803The WS-SP UsernameToken policy in Apache CXF 2.4.5 and 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending an empty UsernameTo
  40Plan
• CVE-2026-68079Apache CXF: DefaultEncryptingCodeDataProvider allows unlimited authorization code replay
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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

A certificate validation error is silently swallowed instead of terminating the connection. Often, code added for a test environment makes its way into production.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1override fun checkServerTrusted(chain: Array<X509Certificate>, type: String) {2  // Left empty for the test environment3}

1val client = OkHttpClient.Builder()2  .certificatePinner(3    CertificatePinner.Builder()4      .add("api.sirius.example", "sha256/…")5      .build()6  ).build()

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.