Missing authorization in Apache Wicket WebSocket resources
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Apache Wicket from 8.0.0 through 8.19.0, from 9.0.0 through 9.24.0, and from 10.0.0 through 10.11.0 is affected, along with older releases from 7.0.0 onwards. The WebSocket handler calls a shared WebSocketResource without consulting the configured authorization strategy (CWE-862). An attacker with a bound Wicket session and the resource name can send messages that reach the resource's callbacks.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Description from the CNA
Missing authorization in Apache Wicket. org.apache.wicket.protocol.ws.api.WebSocketMessageBroadcastHandler, the request handler Wicket's native WebSocket support uses to deliver an incoming frame, resolves the shared resource named by the client's handshake parameter and calls WebSocketResource#onPayload() on it directly, without consulting IAuthorizationStrategy#isResourceAuthorized(). That method has a single enforcement point in the framework, org.apache.wicket.request.handler.resource.ResourceRequestHandler, which the WebSocket transport does not pass through, and WebSocketResource#respond() is final and empty. No route to a WebSocketResource therefore asks the configured authorization strategy whether the caller may use it, and an @AuthorizeResource annotation on such a class has no effect. A caller needs a bound Wicket session and the name of the resource. The name is not a secret: Wicket writes it into the page that opens the connection. No page of the application is otherwise involved, because a request naming a resource is served with a throwaway page. All of the resource's callbacks are reached this way, including onConnect() and both onMessage() overloads, and what a callback pushes back through WebSocketRequestHandler goes to the caller's own connection. An application is affected where it registers a WebSocketResource as a shared resource and relies on the authorization strategy to restrict it. What the caller gains is whatever that resource's callbacks do with a text or binary message of the caller's choosing. The connection is registered under the caller's own session, so it gives no access to another user's connection. As a workaround, reject unauthorized connections with an IWebSocketConnectionFilter registered through WebSocketSettings#setConnectionFilter(), or repeat the authorization check at the start of each callback. This issue affects Apache Wicket: from 8.0.0 through 8.19.0, from 9.0.0 through 9.24.0, from 10.0.0 through 10.11.0. Older, unsupported releases from 7.0.0 onwards are also affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.20.0, 9.25.0 or 10.12.0, which fix the issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade Apache Wicket 8.x to 8.20.0, 9.x to 9.25.0 and 10.x to 10.12.0, which fix the issue. The sources list no fixed version for Apache Wicket 7.0.0 and later. As a workaround, reject unauthorized connections with an IWebSocketConnectionFilter registered through WebSocketSettings#setConnectionFilter(), or repeat the authorization check at the start of each callback.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Timeline
- 2026-11-01 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-82115
- 2026-11-02 Alias added: GHSA-fcp8-rfgx-8mhm
- 2026-11-04 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-82115 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-82115 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fcp8-rfgx-8mhm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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