SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf (GHSA-cw6w-q88j-6mqf)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422130

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Apache 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. There is a vulnerability in the access token services, where it does not
validate that the authenticated principal is equal to that of the supplied clientId parameter in the
request. If a malicious client was able to somehow steal an authorization code issued to another client,
then they could exploit this vulnerability to obtain an access token for the other client.
(CVE-2019-12419)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cw6w-q88j-6mqf

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422130

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12419

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12419

cwe: CWE-863