CVE-2026-64958 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An incomplete fix for CVE-2026-50645 means that it is still possible to perform a denial of service attack on Apache CXF by sending a message with many attachment headers. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.3 or 4.1.8 or 3.6.12, which fix this issue.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.apache.org/thread/trsnkxc2f21585zlt819blvchgl6oykb

History

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		An incomplete fix for CVE-2026-50645 means that it is still possible to perform a denial of service attack on Apache CXF by sending a message with many attachment headers. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.3 or 4.1.8 or 3.6.12, which fix this issue.
Title		Apache CXF: Denial of service via message header attachments
Weaknesses		CWE-400
References		https://lists.apache.org/thread/trsnkxc2f21585zlt819blvchgl6oykb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2026-08-06T10:13:04.069Z

Updated: 2026-08-06T15:10:53.292Z

Reserved: 2026-07-21T08:59:30.596Z

Link: CVE-2026-64958

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-06T15:10:48.199Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-06T17:30:16Z

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