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Apache WSS4J: WSS4J EncryptedHeader child confusion causing wrong protected-header selection
WSS4J EncryptedHeader child confusion could promote an attacker-controlled plaintext element as the decrypted header, leading to incorrect confidentiality coverage and possible policy bypass. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.0.2 or 3.0.6 or 2.4.4, which fix this issue.
Announced Group revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-89238
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-89238
Apache WSS4J
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
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- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
"product": "Apache WSS4J",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "4.0.0",
"lessThan": "4.0.2",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "3.0.0",
"lessThan": "3.0.6",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "2.4.4",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:maven/org.apache.wss4j/wss4j-ws-security-dom",
"packageName": "org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-dom",
"collectionURL": "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-89238
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- Event
- #4873 · Revision 1
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