High

Improper Input Validation in XFire

  • Disclosed: 17.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:22

Codehaus XFire 1.2.6 and earlier, as used in the Amazon EC2 API Tools Java library and other products, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.codehaus.xfire:xfire-core <= 1.2.6 no fix

References

CVSS score 7.4/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20, CWE-295
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.codehaus.xfire:xfire-core
Disclosed
17.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-5jc8-8xhv-g8qm - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.codehaus.xfire:xfire-core

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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