Session fixation in Apache CXF
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-384Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-384.
Summary
Apache CXF's STSClient before 3.1.11 and 3.0.13 uses a flawed way of caching tokens that are associated with delegation tokens, which means that an attacker could craft a token which would return an identifer corresponding to a cached token for another user.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.06827 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Apache CXF (Apache Software Foundation): 3.1.11, 3.0.13org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven): 3.1.11, 3.0.13Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 2 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache CXF | 3.1 to before 3.1.11; before 3.0.13 | 3.1.11, 3.0.13 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven) | 3.1.0 to before 3.1.11 | 3.1.11 | Patch available | GHSA-v936-x3j5-c76j |
| — | org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven) | before 3.0.13 | 3.0.13 | Patch available | GHSA-v936-x3j5-c76j |
- Apache CXF VendorApache Affected 3.1 to before 3.1.11; before 3.0.13 Fixed in 3.1.11, 3.0.13 Patch available CNA
- org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.1.0 to before 3.1.11 Fixed in 3.1.11 Patch available GHSA-v936-x3j5-c76j
- org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 3.0.13 Fixed in 3.0.13 Patch available GHSA-v936-x3j5-c76j
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache CXF (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.1.11, 3.0.13
- Fix · GHSA-v936-x3j5-c76j org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven) Fixed in 3.1.11 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-v936-x3j5-c76j org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven) Fixed in 3.0.13 Advisory →
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2018:1694 Released 2018-05-22 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Openshift Application Runtimes
- RHSA-2017:1832 Released 2017-08-10 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Fuse/A-MQ 6.3 R4 security and bug fix update
- Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | Affected | — |
| Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1832 |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1832 |
| Red Hat Openshift Application Runtimes | Fixed | RHSA-2018:1694 |
Not affected: 13 products
- Red Hat BPM Suite 6
- Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5
- Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6
- Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6
- Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6
- Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3
- Red Hat JBoss Portal 6
- Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5
- Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes
- Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-5656
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v936-x3j5-c76j
References
Other 14
- [cxf-commits] 20200116 svn commit: r1055336 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12423.txt.asc security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-17573.txt.asc security-advisories.html
- [cxf-commits] 20200319 svn commit: r1058035 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-17573.txt.asc security-advisories.html
- [cxf-commits] 20200401 svn commit: r1058573 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-1954.txt.asc security-advisories.html
- [cxf-commits] 20201112 svn commit: r1067927 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13954.txt.asc security-advisories.html
- [cxf-commits] 20210402 svn commit: r1073270 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-22696.txt.asc security-advisories.html
- [cxf-commits] 20210616 svn commit: r1075801 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-30468.txt.asc security-advisories.html
- https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/1a4fe22fc297f8be204788bcdfcd498e91201a01
- https://github.com/apache/cxf
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
More Apache Cxf vulnerabilities
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- TI-2020-10930 Apache CXF Reflected XSS in the services listing page via the styleSheetPath CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2010-01990 Apache CXF 2.0.x before 2.0.13, 2.1.x before 2.1.10, and 2.2.x before 2.2.9, as used in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-22907 Apache CXF SSRF Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-47481 Apache CXF: Unsafe deserialization of inbound JMS ObjectMessage CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-31053 Apache CXF: Untrusted JMS configuration can lead to RCE CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-5656 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-5656 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v936-x3j5-c76j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-5656 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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