Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard Affecting wss4j package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.54% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-WSS4J-16721022
  • published17 May 2026
  • disclosed10 Feb 2015

Introduced: 10 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-0227  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-358  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 wss4j.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wss4j package and not the wss4j package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache WSS4J before 1.6.17 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the requireSignedEncryptedDataElements configuration via a vectors related to "wrapping attacks."

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1