CVE-2026-49875CWE-611xxe

CVE-2026-49875

Critical · published June 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
56.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00807 · 56.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Published
2026-06-12T14:16Z
Affected products (2)
ProductVersionsFixed in
apache/cxf< 4.1.74.1.7
apache/cxf≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.24.2.2
References (7)
https://lists.apache.org/thread/3kb9w5bg90xcp06fccoz9k3gpsvyy79o · [email protected]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/11/2 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36839 · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46chttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390 · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46chttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-49875 · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46chttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488309 · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46chttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-49875.json · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUN 08:54Z
    Apache CXF: XML External Entity (XXE) Injection in W3CMultiSchemaFactory and EndpointReferenceUtils
    cvelistv5