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Vulnerability details: VCID-z5eh-y2gp-vub8
Vulnerability ID VCID-z5eh-y2gp-vub8
Aliases CVE-2012-2378
GHSA-vjpc-vf4f-82qg
Summary Improper Authentication in Apache CXF Apache CXF 2.4.5 through 2.4.7, 2.5.1 through 2.5.3, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1, does not properly enforce child policies of a WS-SecurityPolicy 1.1 SupportingToken policy on the client side, which allows remote attackers to bypass the (1) AlgorithmSuite, (2) SignedParts, (3) SignedElements, (4) EncryptedParts, and (5) EncryptedElements policies.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-2378.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1591.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1592.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1594.html
epss 0.04238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2378
epss 0.04238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2378
epss 0.04238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2378
epss 0.04238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2378
epss 0.04238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2378
epss 0.04238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2378
epss 0.04238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2378
epss 0.04238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2378
epss 0.04238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2378
epss 0.04238 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2378
generic_textual MODERATE http://secunia.com/advisories/51607
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vjpc-vf4f-82qg
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/cxf
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2378
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2378
generic_textual MODERATE http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1337150
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53880
Reference id Reference type URL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1591.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1592.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1594.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-2378.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2378
http://secunia.com/advisories/51607
https://github.com/apache/cxf
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://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1337150
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53880
826533 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826533
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-2378 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2378
CVE-2012-2378.HTML http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-2378.html
GHSA-vjpc-vf4f-82qg https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vjpc-vf4f-82qg
RHSA-2012:1591 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1591
RHSA-2012:1592 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1592
RHSA-2012:1594 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1594
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2378
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.88729
EPSS Score 0.04238
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:50:15.158067+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf/CVE-2012-2378.yml 38.0.0