XML External Entity

Apache CXF is vulnerable to XML External Entity attacks. The vulnerability is due to the use of WSDL4J for processing imported or documents without disabling DOCTYPE declarations or external entities, where the hardened StaxUtils path only protects the top‑level WSDL and does not extend to these...

Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by an XML External Entity Injection vulnerability due to Apache CXF (CVE-2026-65432)

Summary There is a vulnerability in the Apache CXF library that affects IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty with jaxws-2.2, xmlWS-3.0, xmlWS-4.0, wsSecurity-1.1 or wsAtomicTransaction-1.2 enabled. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2026-65432 DESCRIPTION: Apache CXF reads a top-level WSDL throu...

Apicurio/apicurio-registry: apicurio-registry: SSRF via wsdl4j import dereference in WSDL FULL validation

A flaw was found in Apicurio Registry. The WSDLReaderAccessor creates a wsdl4j WSDLReader without disabling the javax.wsdl.importDocuments feature. When the VALIDITY rule is set to FULL, an attacker with Developer-role access can upload a WSDL document containing attacker-controlled import...

CVE-2026-65432: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Apache CXF reads a top-level WSDL through its hardened StaxUtils path, which disables XML DTDs and external entities. However, any or referenced from that top-level WSDL is handed off to WSDL4J, which does not disable DOCTYPE declarations or external entities. As a result, the protections applied...

CVE-2026-12992: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

A flaw was found in Apicurio Registry. The WSDLReaderAccessor creates a wsdl4j WSDLReader without disabling the javax.wsdl.importDocuments feature. When the VALIDITY rule is set to FULL, an attacker with Developer-role access can upload a WSDL document containing attacker-controlled import...

Fedora: Security Advisory for wsdl4j (FEDORA-2024-129d8ca6fc)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] Fedora 40 Update: wsdl4j-1.6.3-30.fc40

The Web Services Description Language for Java Toolkit WSDL4J allows the creation, representation, and manipulation of WSDL documents describing services. This code base will eventually serve as a reference implementation of the standard created by JSR110...