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CVE-2021-22696: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

April 2, 2021 (updated November 7, 2023)

CXF supports (via JwtRequestCodeFilter) passing OAuth 2 parameters via a JWT token as opposed to query parameters (see: The OAuth Authorization Framework: JWT Secured Authorization Request (JAR)). Instead of sending a JWT token as a request parameter, the spec also supports specifying a URI from which to retrieve a JWT token from via the request_uri parameter. CXF was not validating the request_uri parameter (apart from ensuring it uses https) and was making a REST request to the parameter in the request to retrieve a token. This means that CXF was vulnerable to DDos attacks on the authorization server, as specified in section of the spec.

References

  • cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-22696.txt.asc
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22696

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.3.10, all versions starting from 3.4.0 before 3.4.3

Fixed versions

  • 3.3.10
  • 3.4.3

Solution

Upgrade to versions 3.3.10, 3.4.3 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Source file

maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf-core/CVE-2021-22696.yml

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