CVE-2026-61466: Apache Cxf

Critical severity, CVSS 9.1. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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.