CVE-2026-44417: Apache CXF: Incomplete fix for CVE-2025-48913 (Untrusted JMS configuration can lead to RCE)

[Colm O hEigeartaigh <coheigea () apache org>]

Severity: moderate

Affected versions:

- Apache CXF (org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-transports-jms) 4.2.0 before 4.2.1
- Apache CXF (org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-transports-jms) 4.0.0 before 4.1.6
- Apache CXF (org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-transports-jms) before 3.6.11

Description:

The fix for CVE-2025-48913: Apache CXF: Untrusted JMS configuration
can lead to RCE was not complete, meaning that another path in the
code might lead to code execution capabilities, if untrusted users are
allowed to configure JMS for Apache CXF.
Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.1, 4.1.6 or 3.6.11,
which fix this issue.

Credit:

Github / twitter - https://github.com/exploitintel / @exploit_intel (finder)

References:

https://cxf.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44417