Apache CXF: JNDI Injection vulnerability in DispatchMDBMessageListenerImpl
Summary
A JNDI Injection vulnerability has been discovered in Apache CXF's JCA integration module, which can allow for code execution, if an attacker is able to manipulate the JCA deployment descriptor (ra.xml) or runtime activation parameters. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.2 or 4.1.7, which fixes this issue.
What this means
In plain English
A JNDI Injection vulnerability has been discovered in Apache CXF's JCA integration module, which can allow for code execution, if an attacker is able to manipulate the JCA deployment descriptor (ra.xml) or runtime activation parameters. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.2 or 4.1.7, which fixes this issue. Successful exploitation can let an attacker run code in the security context of the affected service or device.
Recommended action
Primary action: update to a vendor-listed fixed release: 4.2.2, 4.1.7.
Rewritten locally from the scraped official advisory data above; no generative API is used. The vendor advisory is authoritative.
- Apache CXF 4.2.0 before 4.2.2
- Apache CXF before 4.1.7
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
- 4.2.2
- 4.1.7
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 4.2.2, 4.1.7. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
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