CVE-2025-66621

critical

Description

Apache James SASL OAuthBearer/XOAUTH2 prior versions 3.9.1 fails to validate correctly AUD claim of JWT payloads when introspection is not configured. This allows an attacker with valid credentials to access the mail server even if they are not authorized to do so. We recommend users to upgrade to non vulnerable version that forces explicit configuration of aud claims and forces introspection.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/xz1g0blzcbxod69oktyq84h7t06xzov6

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-211271

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/11/06/13

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-06

Updated: 2026-11-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical