01 Record
CVE-2026-97468
Apache CXF: Authentication bypass via weak cache keys for validated STS tokens
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base score9.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Apache CXF: Authentication bypass via weak cache keys for validated STS tokens
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
- 0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 12.5% 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 2026-10-20.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-09 10:18Z20 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-15 16:28Z13 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-24
- 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-328Use of Weak HashBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 4292b3ff41ef9586aebf0726db7014a7a2e19bacde9f792687a291e3db41f7d3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/qthbnsyhqsxhl9p2h9v5dg4mnwv1b9r6
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/09/9