Unknown [CVE-2026-50630] Apache CXF: OAuth2: HTTP Response Splitting via WWW-Authenticate Realm Injection
This security Apache Software Foundation advisory covers CVE-2026-50630 affecting Apache CXF.
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Summary
A CRLF injection vulnerability exists in the OAuth2 AuthorizationUtils class. When constructing the WWW-Authenticate response header, the 'realm' parameter is concatenated without sanitizing Carriage Return (CR) and Line Feed (LF) characters.
If an attacker can control the realm value, they can inject arbitrary HTTP headers or split the HTTP response entirely. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.2 or 4.1.7 or 3.6.12, which fixes this issue.
Affected product named by the advisory: Apache CXF.
- Apache CXF 4.2.0 before 4.2.2
- Apache CXF 4.0.0 before 4.1.7
- Apache CXF before 3.6.12
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- 4.2.2
- 4.1.7
- 3.6.12
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Mitigation checklist
- Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.2 or 4.1.7 or 3.6.12, which fixes this issue.
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