GHSA-36wv-v2qp-v4g4: Apache CXF is vulnerable to DoS attacks as entire files are read into memory and logged

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3. CVE-2025-48795

Apache CXF is vulnerable to DoS attacks as entire files are read into memory and logged

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 15, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 16, 2025

Package

maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven)

Affected versions

< 3.5.11

>= 3.6.0, < 3.6.6

>= 3.6.7, < 4.0.7

>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.1

Patched versions

3.5.11

3.6.6

4.0.7

4.1.1

Apache CXF stores large stream based messages as temporary files on the local filesystem. A bug was introduced which means that the entire temporary file is read into memory and then logged. An attacker might be able to exploit this to cause a denial of service attack by causing an out of memory exception. In addition, it is possible to configure CXF to encrypt temporary files to prevent sensitive credentials from being cached unencrypted on the local filesystem, however this bug means that the cached files are written out to logs unencrypted.

Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 3.5.11, 3.6.6, 4.0.7 or 4.1.1, which fixes this issue.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48795
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/vo5qv02mvv5plmb6z2xf1ktjmrpv3jmn
• apache/cxf#2258
• apache/cxf@1c1d687

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database

Jul 15, 2025

Last updated

Jul 16, 2025