High severity · published Jan 16, 2020
CVE-2019-12423
Apache CXF ships with a OpenId Connect JWK Keys service, which allows a client to obtain the public keys in JWK format, which can then be used to verify the signature of tokens…
7.5
CVSS
6.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Apache CXF ships with a OpenId Connect JWK Keys service, which allows a client to obtain the public keys in JWK format, which can then be used to verify the signature of tokens issued by the service. Typically, the service obtains the public key from a local keystore (JKS/PKCS12) by specifing the path of the keystore and the alias of the keystore entry. This case is not vulnerable. However it is also possible to obtain the keys from a JWK keystore file, by setting the configuration parameter "rs.security.keystore.type" to "jwk". For this case all keys are returned in this file "as is", including all private key and secret key credentials. This is an obvious security risk if the user has configured the signature keystore file with private or secret key credentials. From CXF 3.3.5 and 3.2.12, it is mandatory to specify an alias corresponding to the id of the key in the JWK file, and only this key is returned. In addition, any private key information is omitted by default. "oct" keys, which contain secret keys, are not returned at all.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.1% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CG
Commerce Guided Search · Oracle
11.3.2 · source: NVD
CD
Communications Diameter Signaling Router · Oracle
8.0.0 through 8.2.2 · source: NVD
CE
Communications Element Manager · Oracle
8.2.0 through 8.2.2 · source: NVD
CS
Communications Session Report Manager · Oracle
8.2.0 through 8.2.2 · source: NVD
CS
Communications Session Route Manager · Oracle
8.1.1; 8.2.0; 8.2.1 · source: NVD
CX
Cxf · Apache
before 3.2.12; 3.3.0 before 3.3.5 · source: NVD
FP
Flexcube Private Banking · Oracle
12.0.0; 12.1.0 · source: NVD
RO
Retail Order Broker · Oracle
15.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12423
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12423
Vendor Advisory
http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12423.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1579178393000&api=v2
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd588ff96f18563aeb5f87ac8c6bce7aae86cb1a4d4be483f96e7208c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
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