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medium 5.9

CVE-2025-23184 json

Apache CXF: Denial of Service vulnerability with temporary files

published 2025-01-21 21 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also EUVD-2025-0158 , GHSA-fh5r-crhr-qrrq

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A potential denial of service vulnerability is present in versions of Apache CXF before 3.5.10, 3.6.5 and 4.0.6. In some edge cases, the CachedOutputStream instances may not be closed and, if backed by temporary files, may fill up the file system (it applies to servers and clients).

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-core 3.5.10, 3.6.5, 4.0.6
  • Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF 3.5.10, 3.6.5, 4.0.6
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 7.4.23-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el9eap
  • eap7-apache-cxf jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-elytron-web jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 1.9.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-hal-console jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 3.3.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-ironjacamar jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 1.5.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-jbossws-cxf jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 5.4.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-apache-cxf-rt jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap
  • eap7-glassfish-jsf jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 2.3.14-9.SP10_redhat_00001.1.el9eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:33371RHSA-2026:33372RHSA-2025:10926RHSA-2025:10925RHSA-2025:10924RHSA-2025:10452

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-23184 updated cvss 3.7

org.apache.cxf: Apache CXF: Denial of Service vulnerability with temporary files

  • Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift cxf-core Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 cxf-core Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 cxf-core Red Hat Build of Keycloak cxf-core Red Hat build of Quarkus cxf-core
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 cxf-core
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 cxf-core Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 cxf-core Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 org.jboss.eap-jboss-eap-xp org.jboss.eap-jboss-eap-xp Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack cxf-core, org.jboss.eap-jboss-eap-xp org.jboss.eap-jboss-eap-xp Red Hat Process Automation 7 cxf-core Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 cxf-core
    +1 more products
    Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka cxf-core
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-apache-cxf 3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.23-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf-rt 3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-artemis-native 1.0.2-5.redhat_00004.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf-tools 3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-elytron-web 1.9.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +42 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:10924
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-apache-cxf 3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.23-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-apache-cxf-rt 3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-artemis-native 1.0.2-5.redhat_00004.1.el8eap, eap7-apache-cxf-tools 3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-elytron-web 1.9.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +43 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:10925
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9 eap7-apache-cxf 3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.23-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el9eap, eap7-apache-cxf-rt 3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-artemis-native 1.0.2-5.redhat_00004.1.el9eap, eap7-apache-cxf-tools 3.5.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-elytron-web 1.9.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, +43 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:10926
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 8 eap8-neethi 3.2.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap8-slf4j 2.0.17-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap8-velocity 2.3.0-4.redhat_00010.1.el8eap, eap8-apache-cxf 4.0.6-2.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap8-slf4j-api 2.0.17-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap8-wildfly 8.0.8-4.GA_redhat_00006.1.el8eap, +50 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:10452
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 9 eap8-neethi 3.2.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap, eap8-slf4j 2.0.17-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap8-velocity 2.3.0-4.redhat_00010.1.el9eap, eap8-apache-cxf 4.0.6-2.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap8-slf4j-api 2.0.17-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap8-wildfly 8.0.8-4.GA_redhat_00006.1.el9eap, +50 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:10453
show 5 more
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:10931
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-apache-cxf 3.1.16-7.redhat_00007.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf-rt 3.1.16-7.redhat_00007.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf-tools 3.1.16-7.redhat_00007.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf-services 3.1.16-7.redhat_00007.1.ep7.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:33372
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-apache-cxf 3.4.10-4.SP2_redhat_00004.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf-rt 3.4.10-4.SP2_redhat_00004.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf-tools 3.4.10-4.SP2_redhat_00004.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf-services 3.4.10-4.SP2_redhat_00004.1.el7eap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:33371
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:10459
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.1.15-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7, eap7-undertow 1.4.18-21.SP19_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-wildfly-modules 7.1.15-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.3.18-3.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.41-8.SP9_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly-modules 7.3.18-3.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly-javadocs 7.3.18-3.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly-java-jdk8 7.3.18-3.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly-java-jdk11 7.3.18-3.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +22 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-261-04 updated cvss 7.5

Multiple Open-Source Software Vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy Asset Suite Product

  • Hitachi Energy Asset Suite <= 9.6.4.5
    affected: fixed in 9.7, mitigation

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

2.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-core
<3.5.10
>=3.6.0, <3.6.5
>=4.0.0, <4.0.6
3.5.10
3.6.5
4.0.6

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.