# CVE-2025-26796: Apache Oozie: XSS in Oozie Web Console

> Cross-site scripting in Apache Oozie Web Console allows attackers to execute scripts, but the project is retired with no fix available.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fmxw-76xq-cmqq

## What is CVE-2025-26796?

CVE-2025-26796 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Oozie, published on 22 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache Oozie.

This issue affects Apache Oozie: all versions.

As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users.

NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26796?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.oozie:oozie-core. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.apache.oozie:oozie-core` | Maven | All versions to 5.2.1 | None |
| `org.apache.oozie:oozie-core` | Maven | All versions to 5.2.1 | None |

Products: Apache Oozie.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-26796?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26796 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-26796 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apache Oozie

- [CVE-2018-11799](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11799/): Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.oozie:oozie-core (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2017-15712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15712/): Path Traversal in Apache Oozie (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2020-35451](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35451/): Oozie local privilege escalation (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-26796 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-26796 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Oozie, published on 22 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.apache.oozie:oozie-core (Maven): affected all versions up to 5.2.1; no fix listed
- org.apache.oozie:oozie-core (Maven): affected all versions up to 5.2.1; no fix listed

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26796/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26796/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26796
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26796
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-26796

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.