CVE-2026-50623: Apache Cxf

Medium severity, CVSS 4.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the OAuth2 TokenIntrospectionService in Apache CXF. Due to a missing 'throw' keyword in the security context check, the introspection endpoint (/services/oauth2/introspect) can be accessed by any unauthenticated network attacker. However note that this is a safeguard only in the case that someone forgot to enable authentication on the service. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.2.2 or 4.1.7 or 3.6.12, which fixes this issue.

Affected products

• Apache Cxf: before 4.1.7 (fixed in 4.1.7); from 4.2.0, before 4.2.2 (fixed in 4.2.2)

Published 2026-06-12. Last modified 2026-08-07.