CVE-2026-89238
Apache WSS4J: WSS4J EncryptedHeader child confusion causing wrong protected-header selection
- Published
- Last modified
- Status
- published
- Known exploitation
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 4.0.2, 3.0.6, 2.4.4
- Public exploit
- None on Exploit-DB
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: total
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Decision points from CISA's Vulnrichment, assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).
SSVC documentationSummary
WSS4J EncryptedHeader child confusion could promote an attacker-controlled plaintext element as the decrypted header, leading to incorrect confidentiality coverage and possible policy bypass. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.0.2 or 3.0.6 or 2.4.4, which fix this issue.
Affected versions
- org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-dom
From 4.0.0 · fixed in 4.0.2; From 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.0.6; fixed in 2.4.4