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SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (GHSA-ghvc-7hp8-2g2v)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445789

Description

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

 - There is no restriction on the amount of attachment headers that a message can contain when being
 deserialized by Apache CXF, which can lead to uncontrolled resource consumption or a denial of service
 attack. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.2 or 4.1.7, which fix this issue by imposing a
 maximum default of 500 attachments per message. (CVE-2026-50645)

Solution

Update the org.apache.cxf:cxf-core library and its related packages to version 4.1.7 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghvc-7hp8-2g2v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 445789

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2026

Updated: 8/7/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-50645

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 6/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-50645

cwe: CWE-400