CVE-2025-23184

high

Description

A potential denial of service vulnerability is present in versions of Apache CXF before 3.5.10, 3.6.5 and 4.0.6. In some edge cases, the CachedOutputStream instances may not be closed and, if backed by temporary files, may fill up the file system (it applies to servers and clients).

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/lfs8l63rnctnj2skfrxyys7v8fgnt122

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-261-04

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-23184-mitigate-apache-cxf-vulnerability

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-23184-detect-apache-cxf-vulnerability

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250214-0003/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/20/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-01-21

Updated: 2025-12-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00302