CVE-2010-2076 Improper Input Validation in Apache CXF

What is CVE-2010-2076?

CVE-2010-2076 is a critical vulnerability in Apache Cxf, published on 19 Aug 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apache CXF 2.0.x before 2.0.13, 2.1.x before 2.1.10, and 2.2.x before 2.2.9, as used in Apache ServiceMix, Apache Camel, Apache Chemistry, Apache jUDDI, Apache Geronimo, and other products, does not properly reject DTDs in SOAP messages, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted DTD, as demonstrated by an entity declaration in a request to samples/wsdl_first_pure_xml, a similar issue to CVE-2010-1632.

Weakness: CWE-829

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2076?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Cxf.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2076?

Upgrade org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs to a fixed version for your release line: 2.0.13, 2.1.10 or 2.2.9.

Is CVE-2010-2076 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2076 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Cxf

• CVE-2012-2379 XML Signature/Encryption Not Validated in Apache CXF Critical 10.0
• CVE-2026-66909 Apache CXF: Unsafe deserialization of inbound JMS ObjectMessage Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-68079 Apache CXF: DefaultEncryptingCodeDataProvider allows unlimited authorization code replay Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-50628 Apache CXF: OAuth2: Inverted IP Binding Check Defeats Security Control Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-48913 Apache CXF: Untrusted JMS configuration can lead to RCE Critical 9.8

All Apache Cxf vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-v8q2-94f6-6xq2.