Description
Apache CXF 2.5.x before 2.5.10, 2.6.x before CXF 2.6.7, and 2.7.x before CXF 2.7.4 does not verify that a specified cryptographic algorithm is allowed by the WS-SecurityPolicy AlgorithmSuite definition before decrypting, which allows remote attackers to force CXF to use weaker cryptographic algorithms than intended and makes it easier to decrypt communications, aka "XML Encryption backwards compatibility attack."
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 | apache-cxf | 2.2.12-12.patch_07.ep5.el5 | RHSA-2013:0874 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 | jbossws | 3.1.2-14.SP15_patch_02.ep5.el5 | RHSA-2013:0874 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 | wss4j | 1.5.12-6_patch_03.ep5.el5 | RHSA-2013:0874 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | apache-commons-daemon-eap6 | 1:1.0.15-4.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | apache-commons-daemon-jsvc-eap6 | 1:1.0.15-1.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | apache-commons-pool-eap6 | 1.6-6.redhat_4.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | apache-cxf | 2.6.6-20.redhat_3.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | atinject | 1-9.redhat_3.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | atinject-eap6 | 1-3.redhat_3.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | codehaus-jackson +4 | 1.9.9-4.redhat_2.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | cxf-xjc-dv +3 | 2.6.0-1.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | dom4j +1 | 1.6.1-19.redhat_5.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | ecj3 | 1:3.7.2-6.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | glassfish-javamail | 1.4.5-1.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | glassfish-jaxb +1 | 2.2.5-14.redhat_5.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | glassfish-jsf | 2.1.19-2.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | glassfish-jsf12 | 1.2_15-12_b01_redhat_3.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | guava +1 | 13.0.1-1.redhat_1.ep6.el5.1 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | h2database | 1.3.168-3_redhat_2.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | hibernate4 +4 | 4.2.0-3.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el6 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | hibernate4-validator | 4.3.1-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5.5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | hornetq +2 | 2.3.1-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | httpcomponents +1 | 6-7.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | httpcore +4 | 4.2.1-7.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | httpd +2 | 2.2.22-18.ep6.el6 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | infinispan +4 | 5.2.6-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | ironjacamar | 1.0.17-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jacorb-jboss | 2.3.2-11.redhat_4.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jansi | 1.9-2.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jaxbintros | 1.0.2-14.GA_redhat_4.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbosgi-deployment | 1.3.0-2.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbosgi-framework-core | 2.1.0-2.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbosgi-metadata | 2.2.0-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbosgi-resolver | 3.0.1-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbosgi-spi | 3.2.0-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbosgi-vfs | 1.2.1-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-aesh | 0.33.3-1_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-as-console | 1.5.2-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-as-ee +59 | 7.2.0-8.Final_redhat_8.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-common-beans +2 | 1.1.0-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-dmr | 1.1.6-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-ejb-client | 1.0.21-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-jaxrpc-api_1.1_spec | 1.0.1-4.Final_redhat_3.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-jaxrs-api_1.1_spec | 1.0.1-7.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-jms-api_1.1_spec +1 | 1.0.1-6.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec | 2.1.19.1-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-logmanager | 1.4.0-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-marshalling | 1.3.16-.GA.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-metadata +5 | 7.0.8-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-modules | 1.2.0-2.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-msc | 1.0.4-1.GA_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-remote-naming | 1.0.6-2.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-remoting3 | 3.2.16-1.GA_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-security-negotiation | 2.2.5-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec | 1.0.2-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jboss-threads +1 | 2.1.0-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossas-javadocs | 7.2.0-7.Final_redhat_7.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossts | 1:4.17.4-3.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossweb | 7.2.0-2.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossws-api | 1.0.1-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossws-common | 2.1.1-1.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossws-cxf | 4.1.3-1.Final_redhat_3.ep6.el5.2 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossws-native | 4.1.1-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossws-spi | 2.1.2-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jcip-annotations | 1.0-3.redhat_3.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jcip-annotations-eap6 | 1.0-3.1.redhat_3.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jgroups | 1:3.2.7-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | joda-time | 1.6.2-5.redhat_4.ep6.el5.5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jul-to-slf4j-stub | 1.0.1-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5.2 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | mod_cluster +1 | 1.2.4-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | mod_cluster-native | 1.2.4-1.Final.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | mod_jk +1 | 1.2.37-2.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | mod_ssl | 1:2.2.22-18.ep6.el6 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | netty | 3.6.2-1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | objectweb-asm-eap6 | 3.3.1-6.2.redhat_4.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | opensaml | 2.5.1-1.redhat_1.ep6.el5.2 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | openws | 1.4.2-9_redhat_3.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | org.osgi +2 | 4.2.0-9.redhat_3.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | picketbox | 4.0.17-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | picketlink-federation | 2.1.6-3.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | relaxngDatatype +1 | 2011.1-4.redhat_6.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | resteasy | 2.3.6-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | slf4j +1 | 1.7.2-10.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | slf4j-jboss-logmanager | 1.0.2-1.GA_redhat_1.3.ep6.el5.2 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | sun-ws-metadata-2.0-api | 1.0.MR1-12_MR1_redhat_3.ep6.el5.5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | tomcat-native +1 | 1.1.27-4.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | velocity-eap6 | 1.7-2.1.redhat_2.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | weld-cdi-1.0-api | 1.0-8.SP4_redhat_2.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | weld-core | 1.1.13-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el5.1 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | woodstox-core | 4.2.0-7.redhat_2.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | woodstox-core-asl | 4.2.0-7.redhat_2.ep6.el6 | RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | woodstox-stax2-api | 3.1.1-7.redhat_3.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | wsdl4j-eap6 | 1.6.2-12.3.redhat_4.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | wss4j | 1.6.9-2.redhat_2.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | xerces-j2-eap6 | 2.9.1-14_redhat_4.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | xml-commons-resolver-eap6 | 1.2-10.redhat_3.ep6.el5.4 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | xml-security | 1.5.3-1.redhat_1.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | xmltooling | 1.3.2-10.redhat_4.ep6.el5 | RHSA-2013:0839, RHSA-2013:0834 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | apache-cxf | 2.2.12-12.patch_07.ep5.el4 | RHSA-2013:0873 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | jbossws | 3.1.2-14.SP15_patch_02.ep5.el4 | RHSA-2013:0873 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | wss4j | 1.5.12-6_patch_03.ep5.el4 | RHSA-2013:0873 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 1 repository
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tafamace/CVE-2012-5575 ★ 0 · Nov 19, 2018
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-transports-http | >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.10 | 2.5.10 | GHSA-7v5v-9v8r-w864 |
| Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-transports-http | >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.7 | 2.6.7 | GHSA-7v5v-9v8r-w864 |
| Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-transports-http | >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.4 | 2.7.4 | GHSA-7v5v-9v8r-w864 |
Advisories 4
- RHSA-2013:0839 Red Hat Security Advisory: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1.0 update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Aug 5, 2026
- RHSA-2013:0834 Red Hat Security Advisory: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1.0 update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Aug 5, 2026
- RHSA-2013:0874 Red Hat Security Advisory: JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · May 15, 2026
- RHSA-2013:0873 Red Hat Security Advisory: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · May 15, 2026
References
- RHSA-2013:0943 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880443
- RHSA-2013:0839 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0875 vendor-advisory
- 60043 vdb-entry
- http://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/research/publications/backwards-compatibility/
- RHSA-2013:0833 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:1437 vendor-advisory
- http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-5575.html
- RHSA-2013:1143 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0876 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:1028 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0834 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0873 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0874 vendor-advisory
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- [cxf-commits] 20200319 svn commit: r1058035 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-17573.txt.asc security-advisories.html mailing-list
- [cxf-commits] 20200401 svn commit: r1058573 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-1954.txt.asc security-advisories.html mailing-list
- [cxf-commits] 20201112 svn commit: r1067927 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13954.txt.asc security-advisories.html mailing-list
- [cxf-commits] 20210402 svn commit: r1073270 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-22696.txt.asc security-advisories.html mailing-list
- [cxf-commits] 20210616 svn commit: r1075801 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-30468.txt.asc security-advisories.html mailing-list