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GHSA-fp43-vj7g-pg92 OmniFaces: Forged combined-resource IDs and related output/push boundaries
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-102695
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.omnifaces:omnifaces
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-345, CWE-770, CWE-79, CWE-862
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-24
Affected packages
• Maven org.omnifaces:omnifaces: < 1.14.3 → fixed in 1.14.3
• Maven org.omnifaces:omnifaces: >= 2.0.0, < 2.7.33 → fixed in 2.7.33
• Maven org.omnifaces:omnifaces: >= 3.0.0, < 3.14.23 → fixed in 3.14.23
• Maven org.omnifaces:omnifaces: >= 4.0.0, < 4.7.12 → fixed in 4.7.12
• Maven org.omnifaces:omnifaces: >= 5.0.0, < 5.4.2 → fixed in 5.4.2
Description
1. Forged combined-resource IDs
`CombinedResourceInfo` accepts a path-derived ID without an authenticity check,
inflates it without an output limit, converts it to attacker-selected resource
identifiers, and retains unique IDs in an unbounded static cache. In bounded
tests, 20,754 encoded bytes inflated to 16,000,000 characters (about 770:1;
about 49 MB observed heap delta), and 200 unique IDs added 200 permanent cache
entries. A legitimately shaped short ID remained about 1:1, while malformed
input was rejected; the missing distinction is between a server-issued ID and
an attacker-minted but structurally valid ID.
The minimal application also confirmed three sink tails from the same forged-ID
root:
• A wildcard CDN mapping performed a server-side fetch and relayed the exact
loopback-canary body. This requires the documented combined-resource and
wildcard-CDN configuration.
• A forged inner `.xhtml` resource bypassed the excluded-resource boundary and
returned its raw content.
• A forged `omnifaces.graphic` inner resource plus a canary `Host` header caused
an outbound GET to that host. This result is blind and deployment-dependent;
I am not claiming arbitrary-scheme or arbitrary-destination SSRF.
These behaviors reproduce after the fix for CVE-2026-41883 /
GHSA-vp6r-9m58-5xv8. That advisory concerned EL evaluation order in the wildcard
CDN path. This report has a different root: unsigned combined IDs and missing
decode/cache bounds, with separately demonstrated residual sink behavior.
2. Source-map cache
With the documented optional source-map handler above a synthetic resource
handler, 40 unique missing combined-resource requests grew the process-wide
source-map cache from 13 to 92 entries. It has no size or eviction bound. This
has a separate cache, configuration prerequisite, and fix from family 1.
3. HashParam callback output
A URL-fragment value containing a single-quote JavaScript payload was stored by
`o:hashParam` and later written unescaped into the Ajax callback script. On the
follow-up Ajax render, real Chrome executed the canary
`window.__omniXss=1337`. This requires a page using `o:hashParam` and the
follow-up Ajax render.
4. Session/view push-channel replay
A fresh WebSocket client with no HTTP cookie connected using a victim's
session-scoped channel ID and received the victim's subsequent push. The code
checks application-wide ID existence but does not bind the handshake to the
current HTTP session, despite the documented current-session guarantee. The
UUID remains an unguessable bearer-token prerequisite; this is replay after
token exposure, not brute force.
5. Push idle-connection and fanout behavior
Twelve independent clients joined one application-scoped channel and all 12
received the same push. Current code sets every accepted session's maximum idle
timeout to zero, retains sessions in an unbounded per-channel queue, and walks
the full queue on each push. I am reporting the demonstrated mechanism as a
bounded design weakness: container connection limits remain an outer bound,
and I am not claiming unbounded heap growth from the 12-client test.
Intentionally excluded leads
• A duplicate-Range response-amplification lead was disproved. Twenty-four
ranges produced only one response body because the stream wrapper closes
after the first range. I am not reporting it as a security issue.
• The older `Servlets.facesRedirect` XML issue is fixed on the current branch.
I am not reporting it as a new current-upstream issue.
Expected invariants
• Only server-issued combined IDs should be accepted; decoding and caches
should be bounded; excluded resources and dynamic handlers should not become
attacker-selected inner resources.
• Dynamic URLs should not derive an outbound destination from an untrusted
`Host` header.
• Source-map lookups should not create unbounded process-lifetime state.
• `HashParam` values must be escaped for a JavaScript string inside an XML
CDATA callback.
• Session/view push subscriptions should be bound to the owning HTTP session or
authenticated principal; idle limits and per-channel caps should remain
operator-controllable.
Suggested fixes and available evidence
• Authenticate generated combined IDs with a per-deployment secret, cap
inflated output, bound the combined cache, and avoid caching failed loads.
• Require an existing/registered inner resource before wildcard remapping and
reject excluded resource types at serve time.
• Derive dynamic-resource origins from trusted configuration rather than the
request `Host` value.
• Bound or evict the source-map cache.
• Apply JavaScript-string plus CDATA-safe encoding to `HashParam` callback
values.
• Capture and verify HTTP-session or principal ownership during the WebSocket
handshake; retain a finite idle timeout and configurable per-channel limits.
Daniel Birtwhistle
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-102695 OmniFaces is a utility library for Faces. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/omnifaces/omnifaces/security/advisories/GHSA-fp43-vj7g-pg92 web
- https://github.com/omnifaces/omnifaces/commit/59d6c5188c39418546fe500d05036645987a77d1 web
- https://github.com/omnifaces/omnifaces/commit/a52b92461cf39d983f51ce8724fe7e6b944073e4 web
- https://github.com/omnifaces/omnifaces/commit/aa42da361821ddfbb85b126564e71587347d2786 web
- https://github.com/omnifaces/omnifaces/commit/c43eef01174a4dc09cec44eff553ff6284150af7 web
- https://github.com/omnifaces/omnifaces/commit/d5cae243c4692555efaa4ba774e0f8f60e3f4db5 web
- https://github.com/omnifaces/omnifaces package