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CVE-2025-23184

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 so

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).

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 0.00147
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Weakness Classification

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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Affected Products & Versions

3
apache cxf< 3.5.10
apache cxf>= 3.6.0 and < 3.6.5
apache cxf>= 4.0.0 and < 4.0.6
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-core HIGH fixed in 3.5.10
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Scoring & Timeline

5.9
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · security@apache.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD21 Jan 2025 · 10:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

9
rhsaRHSA-2025:10931Important
rhsaRHSA-2025:10925Important
rhsaRHSA-2025:10926Important
rhsaRHSA-2025:10924Important
rhsaRHSA-2025:10453Important
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://lists.apache.org/thread/lfs8l63rnctnj2skfrxyys7v8fgnt122Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/20/3Mailing List
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250214-0003/
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-23184-detect-apache-cxf-vulnerability
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-23184-mitigate-apache-cxf-vulnerability
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