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CVE-2022-46363 — cxf-core

HIGH

CVE-2022-46363 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in org.apache.cxf:cxf-core. A fix is available for org.apache.cxf:cxf-core — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Apache CXF directory listing / code exfiltration

Also known asGHSA-3w37-5p3p-jv92
Published
Dec 13, 2022
Updated
Aug 12, 2026
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Sep 24, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
  • CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2022-46363.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
1.2%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs67th percentile — riskier than 67% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

How urgent is this, really

CVE-2022-46363 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 378,567 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected
☕org.apache.cxf:cxf-core☕org.apache.cxf:cxf-core

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

A vulnerability in Apache CXF before versions 3.5.5 and 3.4.10 allows an attacker to perform a remote directory listing or code exfiltration. The vulnerability only applies when the CXFServlet is configured with both the static-resources-list and redirect-query-check attributes. These attributes are not supposed to be used together, and so the vulnerability can only arise if the CXF service is misconfigured.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
☕Mavenorg.apache.cxf:cxf-coreall versions3.4.10org.apache.cxf:cxf-core:3.4.10
☕Mavenorg.apache.cxf:cxf-core≥ 3.5.0&&< 3.5.53.5.5org.apache.cxf:cxf-core:3.5.5

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.apache.cxf:cxf-core, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update org.apache.cxf:cxf-core to 3.4.10 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-46363 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2022-46363 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to CVE-2022-46363. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Fixing This On Your OS

If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.

Red HatModerate
ProductFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Fuse 7.11.1.P1cxfRHSA-2023:0483
Red Hat Fuse 7.12see advisoryRHSA-2023:3954
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.1.16-4.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7RHSA-2025:1746
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7eap7-hal-console-0:3.2.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eapRHSA-2025:1747
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9org.apache.cxf/cxf-core:3.4.10.redhat-00001RHSA-2023:0556
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7cxfRHSA-2023:1049
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 7rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el7ssoRHSA-2023:1043
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 8rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el8ssoRHSA-2023:1044

Frequently Asked Questions

A vulnerability in Apache CXF before versions 3.5.5 and 3.4.10 allows an attacker to perform a remote directory listing or code exfiltration. The vulnerability only applies when the CXFServlet is configured with both the static-resources-list and redirect-query-check attributes. These attributes are not supposed to be used together, and so the vulnerability can only arise if the CXF service is misconfigured.
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