CVE-2026-68481 (GCVE-0-2026-68481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-06 11:22 – Updated: 2026-08-06 15:15
VLAI
Title
Apache CXF: Revocation bypass in DefaultEncryptingOAuthDataProvider
Summary
In Apache CXF's DefaultEncryptingOAuthDataProvider, revoked access tokens still decrypt successfully, and TokenIntrospectionService reports active:true. The same applies to refresh tokens. This violates the RFC stipulations that 'The authorization server MUST invalidate the token.' and 'introspection of a revoked token MUST return {"active":false}'. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.3 or 4.1.8 or 3.6.12, which fix this issue.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-672 - Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF Affected: 4.2.0 , < 4.2.3 (semver)
Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.1.8 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 3.6.12 (semver)
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Credits
Guanping Zhang reported this vulnerability
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