CVE-2019-12419 — Apache CXF before 3
Apache CXF before 3.3.4 and 3.2.11 provides all of the components that are required to build a fully fledged OpenId Connect service. There is a vulnerability in the access token services, where it does not validate that the authenticated principal is equal to that of the supplied
Published
2019-11-06T20:18:54.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T23:17:40.005Z
01What is this vulnerability?
Apache CXF before 3.3.4 and 3.2.11 provides all of the components that are required to build a fully fledged OpenId Connect service. There is a vulnerability in the access token services, where it does not validate that the authenticated principal is equal to that of the supplied clientId parameter in the request. If a malicious client was able to somehow steal an authorization code issued to…
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| Apache | Apache CXF | versions before 3.3.4 and 3.2.11 |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2019-11-06T20:18:54.000Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:17:40.005Z
09References
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de10…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a7…
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- cxf.apache.org — http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12419.txt.asc
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree5fc719e330f82ae38a2b0050c91f18ed5b878312…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r861eb1a9e0250e9150215b17f0263edf62becd5e20…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re7593a274ee0a85d304d5d42c66fc0081c94d7f22b…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fd…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba7…
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49…
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