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CVE-2026-86463 json

Apache CXF: FIQL Query Parser Denial of Service

published last mo. modified 22d ago also EUVD-2026-95698

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Apache CXF's FIQL query parser has a vulnerability in how it searches for operators in query expressions. The search pattern can get stuck trying many combinations when it encounters a long string without an operator, causing the parser to consume excessive CPU time. An attacker can send a crafted query to make the server use up CPU resources, potentially slowing down or stopping other requests. The fix was to limit FIQL expressions to 4 KiB by default, preventing attackers from sending extremely long inputs while still allowing normal queries.

Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.4 or 4.1.9 or 3.6.13, which fix this issue.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-extension-search 3.6.13, 4.1.9, 4.2.4
  • Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF 3.6.13, 4.1.9, 4.2.4

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-86463 updated cvss 5.3

org.apache.cxf/cxf-rt-rs-extension-search: Apache CXF: Denial of Service via crafted FIQL queries

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 cxf-rt-rs-extension-search 4.1.8.rhbac-redhat-00002
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 cxf-rt-rs-extension-search 4.1.8.rhbac-redhat-00002 Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5 cxf-rt-rs-extension-search 4.1.8.rhbac-redhat-00002
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
27d ago

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-extension-search
>=4.2.0, <4.2.4
>=4.0.0, <4.1.9
<3.6.13
4.2.4
4.1.9
3.6.13

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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