CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-92121
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-09-30
- Last modified
- 2026-10-06
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-693
Description
In the WSS4J streaming (StAX) code, a signature reference using the WS-Security STR-Transform leaves an internal "inside signed content" flag permanently set. The WS-SecurityPolicy enforcer uses that flag to decide whether an element needs checking, so it stops evaluating SignedParts and SignedElements for the rest of the message. A policy requiring the SOAP Body to be signed is then satisfied even when the Body carries no signature, removing the protection against XML Signature Wrapping. Signature verification itself is unaffected. The DOM code is not affected.
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-693 Protection Mechanism Failure weakness
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/oop9p4hpl5o9byosb1qg3z7q1sgnn4pc Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/30/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory