What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-23184?

CVE-2025-23184 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.9 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Which versions of Cxf are affected by CVE-2025-23184?

Organizations using versions of Apache CXF should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-23184, a resource exhaustion vulnerability rated CVSS 5.9. Service availability could be impacted.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-23184?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running versions of Apache CXF and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Cxf CVE-2025-23184

MEDIUM

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2025-01-21 security@apache.org

Apache Denial Of Service Cxf Red Hat

5.9

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.9 MEDIUM

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

Red Hat

3.7 LOW

qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch released

Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd

Patch available

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:04 vuln.today

CVE Published

Jan 21, 2025 - 10:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.9

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

155 maven packages depend on org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (95 direct, 60 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 3.6.0.

DescriptionCVE.org

A potential denial of service vulnerability is present in versions of Apache CXF before 3.5.10, 3.6.5 and 4.0.6. In some edge cases, the CachedOutputStream instances may not be closed and, if backed by temporary files, may fill up the file system (it applies to servers and clients).

AnalysisAI

A potential denial of service vulnerability is present in versions of Apache CXF before 3.5.10, 3.6.5 and 4.0.6. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. A potential denial of service vulnerability is present in versions of Apache CXF before 3.5.10, 3.6.5 and 4.0.6. In some edge cases, the CachedOutputStream instances may not be closed and, if backed by temporary files, may fill up the file system (it applies to servers and clients). Affected products include: Apache Cxf. Version information: before 3.5.10.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.