CVE-2026-107937

Apache CXF: The attachment header size and count limits can be bypassed, which allows denial of service through memory exhaustion.

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Oct 9, 2026
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Reserved
Oct 9, 2026

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Apache CXFApache Software Foundation
  • 4.2.0 to before 4.2.4Affected
  • 4.0.0 to before 4.1.9Affected
  • before 3.6.13Affected

References

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