GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) may allow RCE when untrusted input is passed to getService

CRITICAL Published 2023-09-05 Modified 2025-02-13 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-40743
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.axis:axis, axis:axis
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-75
Reviewed
2023-10-18

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.axis:axis: <= 1.4 (no fix yet) • Maven axis:axis: <= 1.4 (no fix yet)

Description

When integrating Apache Axis 1.x in an application, it may not have been obvious that looking up a service through "ServiceFactory.getService" allows potentially dangerous lookup mechanisms such as LDAP. When passing untrusted input to this API method, this could expose the application to DoS, SSRF and even attacks leading to RCE. As Axis 1 has been EOL we recommend you migrate to a different SOAP engine, such as Apache Axis 2/Java. As a workaround, you may review your code to verify no untrusted or unsanitized input is passed to "ServiceFactory.getService", or by applying the patch from https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210 . The Apache Axis project does not expect to create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem, though contributors that would like to work towards this are welcome.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-40743 ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** When integrating Apache Axis 1.x in an application, it may not have been obvious that looking up a service… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-75 Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane weakness

References