CVE-2026-54225: Apache Cxf

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Apache CXF allows to control the maximum attachment size via the "attachment-max-size". Prior to Apache CXF 4.2.3 and 4.1.8 and 3.6.12, there was no default placed on this size, meaning that a denial of service attack is possible if the user doesn't explicitly set the limit. Users should update to Apache CXF 4.2.3 or 4.1.8 or 3.6.12 which fixes this problem by imposing a default attachment size limit of 50mb.

Affected products

• Apache Cxf: before 3.6.12 (fixed in 3.6.12); from 4.0.0, before 4.1.8 (fixed in 4.1.8); from 4.2.0, before 4.2.3 (fixed in 4.2.3)

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