{"id":"CVE-2026-50634","title":"A vulnerability in Apache CXF's JwsJsonContainerRequestFilter can be exploited to cause CXF to process metadata that was not authenticated by the accepted signature. This can bypass the application's assumption\n\nthat accepted `Content-Ty…","summary":"A vulnerability in Apache CXF's JwsJsonContainerRequestFilter can be exploited to cause CXF to process metadata that was not authenticated by the accepted signature. This can bypass the application's assumption\n\nthat accepted `Content-Ty…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-347"],"vendor":"apache","product":"cxf","affected":["cxf < 4.1.7","cxf >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.2"],"patched":["cxf 4.2.2"],"published":"2026-06-12","updated":"2026-08-07","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50634","references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/9nfwh9d3m4kznxrk1mz98hl0jml18k0p","label":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/11/11","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00267,"epssPercentile":0.19055,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-07T14:14:17.571Z","slug":"CVE-2026-50634","body":"## Overview\n\nA vulnerability in Apache CXF's JwsJsonContainerRequestFilter can be exploited to cause CXF to process metadata that was not authenticated by the accepted signature. This can bypass the application's assumption\n\nthat accepted `Content-Type` or protected HTTP-header metadata came from a verified signature entry, and may steer downstream JAX-RS entity parsing or signed-header consistency checks. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.2 or 4.1.7 or 3.6.12, which fix this issue.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `cxf < 4.1.7`\n- `cxf >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `cxf 4.2.2`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}