ChangeIntel IT change radar

Public mode

No access to your tenant or devices. Every item links to its source. What this means

CVE-2026-89238

Apache WSS4J: WSS4J EncryptedHeader child confusion causing wrong protected-header selection

cve-program · severity unknownCVSS unknownCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Original advisory

Historical advisory recorded 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC. Read the latest advisory.

cve-program · CVE-2026-89238

Published

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.

Read the publisher's advisory

Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-89238

Published

org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-dom

https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
                    "product": "Apache WSS4J",
                    "packageURL": "pkg:maven/org.apache.wss4j/wss4j-ws-security-dom",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "4.0.0",
                            "lessThan": "4.0.2",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "3.0.0",
                            "lessThan": "3.0.6",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "2.4.4",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "collectionURL": "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
                    "packageName": "org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-dom"
                }

Original source record · Cite this exact observation · Complete original publisher JSON