CVE-2021-30468

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

7.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-06-16 12:00Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 22:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-04-08

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a8642e503ab0155ca8b15bf0fa469d3e055eb2b0c35bd7fb664d79771c826013

• cxf.apache.orghttp://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-30468.txt.ascx_refsource_MISC
• lists.apache.org[cxf-users] 20210616 CVE-2021-30468: Apache CXF Denial of service vulnerability in parsing JSON via JsonMapObjectReaderWriterhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a4b6bc0520b69c18d2a59daa6af84ae49f0c22164dccb8538794459%40%3Cusers.cxf.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[cxf-dev] 20210616 CVE-2021-30468: Apache CXF Denial of service vulnerability in parsing JSON via JsonMapObjectReaderWriterhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a4b6bc0520b69c18d2a59daa6af84ae49f0c22164dccb8538794459%40%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[announce] 20210616 CVE-2021-30468: Apache CXF Denial of service vulnerability in parsing JSON via JsonMapObjectReaderWriterhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a4b6bc0520b69c18d2a59daa6af84ae49f0c22164dccb8538794459%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210616 CVE-2021-30468: Apache CXF Denial of service vulnerability in parsing JSON via JsonMapObjectReaderWriterhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/16/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210705 [jira] [Created] (TOMEE-3768) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-CVE-2021-30468 vulnerability related to Apache CXFhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3f46ae38e4a6e80c069cdb320e0ce831b0a21a12ef0cc92c0943f34a%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210705 [jira] [Updated] (TOMEE-3768) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-CVE-2021-30468 vulnerability related to Apache CXFhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re5b2a2b77faa22684d47bd2ac6623135c615565328ff40a1ec705448%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210901 [jira] [Resolved] (TOMEE-3768) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-CVE-2021-30468 vulnerability related to Apache CXFhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rac07822057521dccf33ab5d136e0e8c599a6e2c8ac75e44ffbdc6e07%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210901 [jira] [Commented] (TOMEE-3768) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-CVE-2021-30468 vulnerability related to Apache CXFhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re9e05c6cab5f0dcc827eba4e6fcf26fa0b493e7ca84d62c867a80d03%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210913 [jira] [Commented] (TOMEE-3768) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-CVE-2021-30468 vulnerability related to Apache CXFhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra833f78b3fa577cb43558cf343859a1bf70b1c5ce2353b3877d96422%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210913 [jira] [Updated] (TOMEE-3768) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-CVE-2021-30468 vulnerability related to Apache CXFhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54c0f1cbbb9f381dfbedb9ea5e90ecb1c0a15371f40c4b10322ac737%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210913 [jira] [Reopened] (TOMEE-3768) TomEE plus is affected by CVE-CVE-2021-30468 vulnerability related to Apache CXFhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4771084730c4cf6e59eda60b4407122c86f174eb750b24f610ba9ff4%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210917-0002/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlx_refsource_MISC