Description
CXF supports (via JwtRequestCodeFilter) passing OAuth 2 parameters via a JWT token as opposed to query parameters (see: The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: JWT Secured Authorization Request (JAR)). Instead of sending a JWT token as a "request" parameter, the spec also supports specifying a URI from which to retrieve a JWT token from via the "request_uri" parameter. CXF was not validating the "request_uri" parameter (apart from ensuring it uses "https) and was making a REST request to the parameter in the request to retrieve a token. This means that CXF was vulnerable to DDos attacks on the authorization server, as specified in section 10.4.1 of the spec. This issue affects Apache CXF versions prior to 3.4.3; Apache CXF versions prior to 3.3.10.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache CXF | unspecified – < 3.4.3, unspecified – < 3.3.10 | 3.4.3 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.cxf:apache-cxf | >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.3 | 3.4.3 | GHSA-7q4h-pj78-j7vg |
| Maven | org.apache.cxf:apache-cxf | < 3.3.10 | 3.3.10 | GHSA-7q4h-pj78-j7vg |
| Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf | >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.3 | 3.4.3 | GHSA-7q4h-pj78-j7vg |
| Maven | org.apache.cxf:cxf | < 3.3.10 | 3.3.10 | GHSA-7q4h-pj78-j7vg |
Advisories 2
- WID-SEC-2025-0227 IBM QRadar SIEM: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 11, 2026
- WID-SEC-2025-1459 Dell Data Protection Advisor: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jul 3, 2025
References
- https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-22696.txt.asc
- [cxf-dev] 20210402 CVE-2021-22696: OAuth 2 authorization service vulnerable to DDos attacks mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20210402 CVE-2021-22696: Apache CXF: OAuth 2 authorization service vulnerable to DDos attacks mailing-list
- [cxf-users] 20210402 CVE-2021-22696: OAuth 2 authorization service vulnerable to DDos attacks 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
- [announce] 20210402 [Apache CXF] CVE-2021-22696: OAuth 2 authorization service vulnerable to DDos attacks 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
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html