Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify Internet-exposed OFBiz < 24.09.06
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DeliveryExtract hard-coded key from open source
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ExploitSend crafted request to key-using endpoint
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ExecutionDecrypt or forge protected data
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ImpactExfiltrate sensitive information or tamper with integrity
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A04:2025 - Cryptographic Failures
ASVS 5.0
V11 - Cryptography Key management, no hard-coded keys
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the target to be running Apache OFBiz before 24.09.06 and reachable over the network, plus the attacker possessing the hard-coded key - which, given OFBiz is open source, is recoverable from the codebase and effectively identical across all installations, so this is not a meaningful barrier. Per the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), no authentication, user interaction, or special non-default configuration is stated as required. The practical limiting factor is what the key actually protects: real impact depends on the attacker being able to reach the specific encrypted data or key-using endpoint, a detail the advisory does not spell out; there is no availability impact (A:N), so this is a confidentiality/integrity issue, not a denial-of-service. |
| Impact | Signals here are mixed and should be weighed rather than taken at face value. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, C:H/I:H/A:N) implies a trivially reachable, unauthenticated, low-complexity network attack with high confidentiality and integrity impact - consistent with a globally-shared secret. SSVC reinforces this: Automatable=yes and Technical Impact=total. However, EPSS is only 0.02% (4th percentile) and the CVE is NOT on CISA KEV, and SSVC Exploitation=none, indicating no observed exploitation. This is a genuine high-severity design flaw worth prioritizing for patching, but the low EPSS suggests it is not yet being mass-exploited - likely because weaponizing a hard-coded key depends on what data that specific key actually protects, which the terse advisory does not disclose. Note the tension: the vector claims a pure network vector with no privileges, yet abusing a static key often requires the attacker to also reach the encrypted data or an endpoint that uses it; verify the concrete attack surface against the Apache advisory before assuming pure remote exploitation. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker reads the publicly available Apache OFBiz source to recover the hard-coded cryptographic key, then uses it against an Internet-exposed OFBiz instance to decrypt sensitive protected data or forge/tamper with values the key is meant to secure. Given AV:N/AC:L/PR:N, this requires only network access to a vulnerable server and no authentication; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 23, 2026
Sensitive data exposure and integrity compromise in Apache OFBiz before 24.09.06 stems from a hard-coded cryptographic key (CWE-321) shipped with the product, meaning every deployment shares the same secret. Remote unauthenticated attackers who know or extract this key from the open-source codebase can decrypt or forge protected data, undermining any cryptographic protection that relies on it. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis, and EPSS rates near-term exploitation probability very low (0.02%), but SSVC scores the technical impact as total and automatable.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Apache OFBiz to version 24.09.06, which fixes the issue, per the Apache advisory at https://lists.apache.org/thread/2hl9xoqm8tq8b22x6vnmtp7tg3opcqgc. Because the root cause is a shared hard-coded key, upgrading alone may not be sufficient if the old key was already used to encrypt or sign existing data - after patching, rotate or re-encrypt any secrets, tokens, or stored data that depended on the previous key, following any key-rotation guidance in the advisory. As compensating controls until you can patch, restrict network exposure of the OFBiz application (place it behind a VPN or firewall and block direct Internet access to its HTTP/HTTPS ports), and monitor for anomalous access to endpoints handling encrypted data; the trade-off is reduced accessibility for legitimate remote users and no protection against an attacker who already has network reach.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Apache OFBiz is an open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) and e-commerce suite (accounting, CRM, order/inventory/warehouse management) built on Java. The flaw is CWE-321 (Use of a Hard-coded Cryptographic Key): a cryptographic key is embedded directly in the shipped source/binary rather than generated per-installation or stored in an external secret. Because OFBiz is open source, any hard-coded key is trivially recoverable by reading the repository, so it provides no real secrecy - all instances running affected versions effectively share one publicly-derivable key. The single affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:apache_software_foundation:apache_ofbiz, all versions prior to 24.09.06.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Open-source hard-coded key is network-recoverable with no auth or interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), enabling decryption and forgery (C:H/I:H) but no availability loss (A:N).
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CVSS VectorVendor: apache
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability in Apache OFBiz.
This issue affects Apache OFBiz: before 24.09.06.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 24.09.06, which fixes the issue.
Executive ViewAI
Apache OFBiz before version 24.09.06 contains a hard-coded cryptographic key used across all deployments, enabling remote attackers to decrypt sensitive business data and forge authentication credentials without requiring valid accounts. Organizations using vulnerable versions cannot rely on encryption protections for customer data, payments, or internal communications. This represents total compromise of encryption confidentiality and integrity controls.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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