CVE-2026-50627
criticalThe JwtAccessTokenValidator class in Apache CXF fails to validate the 'aud' (Audience) claims of incoming JWT access tokens.
Vendor / product: Apache — cxf
The JwtAccessTokenValidator class in Apache CXF fails to validate the 'aud' (Audience) claims of incoming JWT access tokens. This allows a JWT issued for one Resource Server to be successfully replayed against a completely different Resource Server, leading to Token Confusion/Routing attacks. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.2 or 4.1.7 or 3.6.12, which fixes this issue.
CVSS
9.1
9.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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: Modified
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/0jfzz9q992957b99tw7hodcqjfyxwb1m
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/0jfzz9q992957b99tw7hodcqjfyxwb1m security@apache.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/11/4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50627 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488298 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-50627.json 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗