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Vulnerability details: VCID-6nvj-sh6e-q3h3
Vulnerability ID VCID-6nvj-sh6e-q3h3
Aliases CVE-2017-5653
GHSA-hgg6-8x62-m9gf
Summary JAX-RS XML Security streaming clients in Apache CXF before 3.1.11 and 3.0.13 do not validate that the service response was signed or encrypted, which allows remote attackers to spoof servers.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-5653.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1492515074710&api=v2
generic_textual MODERATE http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-5653.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1492515074710&api=v2
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832
generic_textual MODERATE https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-5653.json
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
epss 0.03167 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hgg6-8x62-m9gf
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/apache/cxf
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/cxf
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/20d0fa3ec41c16c52b74dcc006f9d9ea212fa80f
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/20d0fa3ec41c16c52b74dcc006f9d9ea212fa80f
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5653
cvssv3 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5653
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5653
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5653
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-5653.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5653
https://github.com/apache/cxf
https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/20d0fa3ec41c16c52b74dcc006f9d9ea212fa80f
https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/fade9b81dabe27f864ca38e7b40f28fb44d6f165
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97968
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038279
1445327 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445327
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-5653 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5653
CVE-2017-5653.TXT.ASC?VERSION=1&MODIFICATIONDATE=1492515074710&API=V2 http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-5653.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1492515074710&api=v2
GHSA-hgg6-8x62-m9gf https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hgg6-8x62-m9gf
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-5653.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1492515074710&api=v2
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-5653.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/cxf
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/cxf/commit/20d0fa3ec41c16c52b74dcc006f9d9ea212fa80f
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5653
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5653
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5653
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.86879
EPSS Score 0.03167
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:38:21.637628+00:00 ProjectKB MSRImporter Import https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAP/project-kb/master/MSR2019/dataset/vulas_db_msr2019_release.csv 38.0.0