What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-26796?

CVE-2025-26796 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.4%.

Which versions of Oozie are affected by CVE-2025-26796?

CVE-2025-26796 presents moderate security risk, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 5.4. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-26796?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

Oozie CVE-2025-26796

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2025-03-22 security@apache.org

Apache XSS Oozie

5.4

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.4 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:32 vuln.today

CVE Published

Mar 22, 2025 - 13:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.4

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

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

28 maven packages depend on org.apache.oozie:oozie-core (16 direct, 12 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 5.2.1.

DescriptionCVE.org

UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache Oozie.

This issue affects Apache Oozie: all versions.

As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users.

NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

AnalysisAI

UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache Oozie. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache Oozie. As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. Affected products include: Apache Oozie.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.