CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-88920
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-09-30
- Last modified
- 2026-10-02
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
An authentication bypass in the DOM security processor in Apache WSS4J allows unauthenticated remote attackers to forge authenticated SOAP messages via a crafted unsigned SAML sender-vouches assertion containing an attacker-controlled key.
Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.0.2 or 3.0.6 or 2.4.4, which fix this issue.
Affected configurations
• apache wss4j (< 2.4.4)
• apache wss4j (>= 3.0.0 < 3.0.6)
• apache wss4j (>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/grt43m3bgbzz0mk0cnho3rcybb1j01z9 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/30/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory