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CVE-2026-97791

Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF: Race Condition

What it is

Reported

In Apache CXF, STSTokenValidator checks whether a SAML assertion is signed by a trusted certificate before deciding to send it to the STS. That result was stored in one object shared by all requests, so one request could read another's result. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could send a forged assertion signed with an untrusted certificate while legitimate requests were being processed, and it could be accepted as trusted without ever reaching the STS.…

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What is affected

Reported

Apache Software Foundation; Apache CXF. Product-level identification only; no affected-version conclusion is available from this field.

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Exploitation evidence

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What to do

Reported

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Detection and validation

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