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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.1

CVE-2026-61466 json

Apache CXF: OAuth2 Dynamic Client Registration Scope Self-Escalation

published 2026-08-06 3 mo ago modified 2026-10-24 15 d ago also EUVD-2026-53861

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Apache CXF's OAuth2 Dynamic Client Registration endpoint, the authorization server accepts and stores the `scope` value supplied in the client registration request verbatim, without validating it against an AS-defined allowlist. This could lead to a client self-assigning privileged scopes at registration time. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.3 or 4.1.8 or 3.6.12, which fix this issue.

Patch / fix

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF 3.6.12, 4.1.8, 4.2.3

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-2026-61466 updated cvss 5.4

cxf: Apache CXF: Privilege Escalation via OAuth2 Dynamic Client Registration Scope Self-Assignment

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 cxf-rt-rs-security-oauth2 Red Hat Fuse 7 cxf-rt-rs-security-oauth2 Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5 cxf-rt-rs-security-oauth2
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

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 SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-304 Missing Critical Step in Authentication

References

Sources

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