CVE-2026-107937CWE-770denial-of-service

CVE-2026-107937

High · published October 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In Apache CXF, the parser for multipart/MTOM attachment part headers did not fully enforce the configured attachment-max-header-size (default 300 characters) and attachment-headers-max-count (default 500) limits. The size limit was applied only to each physical line, not to a header value built from continuation lines or to the combined values of a repeated header. The count limit was checked against the number of distinct header names, not the total number of header lines. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could send a multipart request with very large folded or repeated part headers. The server would then allocate memory without bound, causing a denial of service.

Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.4 or 4.1.9 or 3.6.13, which fix this issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00555 · 45.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2026-10-09T15:17Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
apache/cxf< 3.6.133.6.13
apache/cxf≥ 4.0.0, < 4.1.94.1.9
apache/cxf≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.44.2.4
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 OCT 03:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 09 OCT 10:19Z
    Apache CXF: The attachment header size and count limits can be bypassed, which allows denial of service through memory exhaustion.
    cvelistv5
  • 09 OCT 10:19Z
    Apache CXF: The attachment header size and count limits can be bypassed, which allows denial of service through memory exhaustion.
    cvelistv5