CVE-2026-92121CWE-693

CVE-2026-92121

High · published September 30, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the WSS4J streaming (StAX) code, a signature reference using the WS-Security STR-Transform leaves an internal "inside signed content" flag permanently set. The WS-SecurityPolicy enforcer uses that flag to decide whether an element needs checking, so it stops evaluating SignedParts and SignedElements for the rest of the message. A policy requiring the SOAP Body to be signed is then satisfied even when the Body carries no signature, removing the protection against XML Signature Wrapping. Signature verification itself is unaffected. The DOM code is not affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.0.2 or 3.0.6 or 2.4.4 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:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00548 · 45.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
Published
2026-09-30T17:17Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
apache/wss4j< 2.4.42.4.4
apache/wss4j≥ 3.0.0, < 3.0.63.0.6
apache/wss4j≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.24.0.2
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 OCT 03:47Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 30 SEP 12:01Z
    Apache WSS4J: WS-SecurityPolicy signature checks skipped in the streaming code after an STR-Transform reference
    cvelistv5