CVE-2026-87830
Apache WSS4J: Streaming WS-SecurityPolicy validation may skip element-protection checks.
02 Description
Apache WSS4J: Streaming WS-SecurityPolicy validation may skip element-protection checks.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 12.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (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:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-06.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-09-30 11:57Z28 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-30 19:47Z28 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-09
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-917Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- b2b3a94575c434b760a8111e29f848e45fa33998fe98825ca5abbcf03b41bf05
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/lwlozb1x20d16f9dnyvoygc9rrhzq2vn
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/30/9
07 Fixed in
Debian 13
- wss4j No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wss4j No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- wss4j No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- wss4j No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- wss4j No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- wss4j No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- wss4j No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- wss4j No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- wss4j No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.