Description
In the StAX streaming WS-SecurityPolicy validator, certain relative or unsupported XPath expressions can be converted into paths that never match the actual XML element path. A remote SOAP peer may therefore send a required element without the expected signature or encryption.
Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.0.2 or 3.0.6 or 2.4.4, which fix this issue.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache WSS4J | 4.0.0 – < 4.0.2, 3.0.0 – < 3.0.6, < 2.4.4 | 4.0.2 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | wss4j | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | wss4j | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | wss4j | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | wss4j | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | wss4j | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | wss4j | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | wss4j | No fix yet | — |