CVE-2022-46364: Apache CXF SSRF Vulnerability

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-918

Description

A SSRF vulnerability in parsing the href attribute of XOP:Include in MTOM requests in versions of Apache CXF before 3.5.5 and 3.4.10 allows an attacker to perform SSRF style attacks on webservices that take at least one parameter of any type.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF: before 3.4.10; from 3.5.0 before 3.5.5 — fixed in 3.4.10, 3.5.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF 3.4.10, 3.5.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2022-46364.txt?version=1&modificationDate=1670944472739&api=v2
https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2022-46364.txt?version=1&modificationDate=1670944472739&api=v2

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