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CVE-2019-12406
Apache CXF before 3.3.4 and 3.2.11 does not restrict the number of message attachments present in a given message. This leaves open the…
Medium6.5EPSS 6.3%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- apache
Description
Apache CXF before 3.3.4 and 3.2.11 does not restrict the number of message attachments present in a given message. This leaves open the possibility of a denial of service type attack, where a malicious user crafts a message containing a very large number of message attachments. From the 3.3.4 and 3.2.11 releases, a default limit of 50 message attachments is enforced. This is configurable via the message property "attachment-max-count".
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- Denial of Service
- CWE-770 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-770 and its CVEs
Affected products
Apache CXF
- affected Apache CXF versions before 3.3.4 and 3.2.11
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.cxf:apache-cxfGHSA-58p8-9g59-q2hr (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.cxf:cxfGHSA-58p8-9g59-q2hr (opens in a new tab)
References (14)
- [cxf-commits] 20200116 svn commit: r1055336 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12423.txt.asc security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-17573.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20200319 svn commit: r1058035 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-17573.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20200401 svn commit: r1058573 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-1954.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [cxf-issues] 20200820 [jira] [Commented] (CXF-8328) CVE-2019-12406 not fixed in 3.1 branch (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-issues] 20200820 [jira] [Created] (CXF-8328) CVE-2019-12406 not fixed in 3.1 branch (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-issues] 20200821 [jira] [Commented] (CXF-8328) CVE-2019-12406 not fixed in 3.1 branch (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-issues] 20200821 [jira] [Comment Edited] (CXF-8328) CVE-2019-12406 not fixed in 3.1 branch (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20201112 svn commit: r1067927 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13954.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20210402 svn commit: r1073270 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-22696.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12406.txt.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20210616 svn commit: r1075801 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-30468.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-58p8-9g59-q2hr (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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