CVE-2025-23184 (GCVE-0-2025-23184)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-21 09:35 – Updated: 2025-12-15 15:58
VLAI
Title
Apache CXF: Denial of Service vulnerability with temporary files
Summary
A potential denial of service vulnerability is present in versions of Apache CXF before 3.5.10, 3.6.5 and 4.0.6. In some edge cases, the CachedOutputStream instances may not be closed and, if backed by temporary files, may fill up the file system (it applies to servers and clients).
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF Affected: 0 , < 3.5.10 (semver)
Affected: 3.6.0 , < 3.6.5 (semver)
Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.6 (semver)
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