CVE-2026-89238

published 2026-09-30

CVE-2026-89238: WSS4J EncryptedHeader child confusion could promote an attacker-controlled plaintext element as the decrypted header, leading to incorrect confidentiality…

Priority P3 54 critical 9.1 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A N

WSS4J EncryptedHeader child confusion could promote an attacker-controlled plaintext element as the decrypted header, leading to incorrect confidentiality coverage and possible policy bypass.
Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.0.2 or 3.0.6 or 2.4.4, which fix this issue.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apache	wss4j	< 2.4.4	2.4.4
apache	wss4j	>= 3.0.0 < 3.0.6	3.0.6
apache	wss4j	>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.2	4.0.2
apache_software_foundation	apache_wss4j	< 2.4.4	2.4.4
apache_software_foundation	apache_wss4j	>= 3.0.0 < 3.0.6	3.0.6
apache_software_foundation	apache_wss4j	>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.2	4.0.2

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