CVE-2026-49875
criticalApache CXF's EndpointReferenceUtils and W3CMultiSchemaFactory classes construct a SAXParserFactory without the necessary JAXP hardening configurations, enablin…
Vendor / product: Apache — cxf
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.
CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-06-12 10:16
Modified: 2026-10-26 11:10
NVD status: Undergoing Analysis
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
apache / cxf <4.1.7, ≥4.2.0 <4.2.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://lists.apache.org/thread/3kb9w5bg90xcp06fccoz9k3gpsvyy79o
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/3kb9w5bg90xcp06fccoz9k3gpsvyy79o security@apache.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/11/2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36839 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-49875 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488309 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-49875.json 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗