CVE-2026-54225

Apache CXF: Denial of Service attack via large attachments

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Aug 6, 2026
Updated: Aug 7, 2026
Reserved: Jun 12, 2026

Description

Apache CXF allows to control the maximum attachment size via the "attachment-max-size". Prior to Apache CXF 4.2.3 and 4.1.8 and 3.6.12, there was no default placed on this size, meaning that a denial of service attack is possible if the user doesn't explicitly set the limit. Users should update to Apache CXF 4.2.3 or 4.1.8 or 3.6.12 which fixes this problem by imposing a default attachment size limit of 50mb.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Apache CXFApache Software Foundation	4.2.0 to before 4.2.3Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.1.8Affected before 3.6.12Affected

References

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