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SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (GHSA-xw5h-cmh3-8j6j)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 472018

Description

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

 - Apache CXF's EndpointReferenceUtils and W3CMultiSchemaFactory classes construct a SAXParserFactory without
 the necessary JAXP hardening configurations, enabling out-of-band (OOB) external entity resolution. Users
 are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.2 or 4.1.7 or 3.6.12, which fix this issue. (CVE-2026-49875)

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-xw5h-cmh3-8j6j

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 472018

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/3/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.09

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-49875

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: 6/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-49875

cwe: CWE-611