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Medium

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Apache WSS4J

  • Disclosed: 22.04.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:22

The implementations of PKCS#1 v1.5 key transport mechanism for XMLEncryption in JBossWS and Apache WSS4J before 1.6.5 is susceptible to a Bleichenbacher attack.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.apache.ws.security:wss4j < 1.6.5 1.6.5
Java / Kotlin (Maven) wss4j:wss4j < 1.6.5 1.6.5

References

CVSS score 5.9/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-327
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.apache.ws.security:wss4j, wss4j:wss4j
Disclosed
22.04.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 12:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-4qqf-hmv6-r6wh - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.apache.ws.security:wss4j

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.

Total entries
4
First → latest
04.2022 05.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 3

Disclosures per year

  1. Improper Access Control in Apache WSS4J
    Medium CVE-2015-0227 < 1.6.17, >= 2.0.0, < 2.02 1.6.17, 2.02
  2. Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Apache WSS4J
    High · 7.5 CVE-2015-0226 < 1.6.17 1.6.17
  3. Improper Authentication in Apache WSS4J
    Medium CVE-2014-3623 < 1.6.17 1.6.17
  4. Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Apache WSS4J this entry
    Medium · 5.9 CVE-2011-2487 < 1.6.5 1.6.5

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