Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs package, versions [,3.6.12)[4.0.0,4.1.8)[4.2.0,4.2.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHECXF-19341991
  • published27 Aug 2026
  • disclosed6 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-57819  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs to version 3.6.12, 4.1.8, 4.2.3 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs is an Apache CXF Runtime JAX-RS Frontend

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling due to the lack of a default restriction on the number of form parameters in incoming messages. An attacker can exhaust system resources by sending requests containing an excessive number of form parameters.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1