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CVE-2023-40743

CRITICAL
Published 2023-09-05T14:42:13.317Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
9.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.008
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.8% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.721
Higher than 72.1% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** When integrating Apache Axis 1.x in an application, it may not have been obvious that looking up a service through "ServiceFactory.getService" allows potentially dangerous lookup mechanisms such as LDAP. When passing untrusted input to this API method, this could expose the application to DoS, SSRF and even attacks leading to RCE.

As Axis 1 has been EOL we recommend you migrate to a different SOAP engine, such as Apache Axis 2/Java. As a workaround, you may review your code to verify no untrusted or unsanitized input is passed to "ServiceFactory.getService", or by applying the patch from https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210 . The Apache Axis project does not expect to create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem, though contributors that would like to work towards this are welcome.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Axis

Affected Versions:

0
apache

axis

Affected Versions:

0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL

Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) may allow RCE when untrusted input is passed to getService

GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w

Advisory Details

When integrating Apache Axis 1.x in an application, it may not have been obvious that looking up a service through "ServiceFactory.getService" allows potentially dangerous lookup mechanisms such as LDAP. When passing untrusted input to this API method, this could expose the application to DoS, SSRF and even attacks leading to RCE. As Axis 1 has been EOL we recommend you migrate to a different SOAP engine, such as Apache Axis 2/Java. As a workaround, you may review your code to verify no untrusted or unsanitized input is passed to "ServiceFactory.getService", or by applying the patch from https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210 . The Apache Axis project does not expect to create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem, though contributors that would like to work towards this are welcome.

Affected Packages

Maven org.apache.axis:axis
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 ≤1.4
Maven axis:axis
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 ≤1.4

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40743
WEB https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210
PACKAGE https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread/gs0qgk2mgss7zfhzdd6ftfjvm4kp7v82
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00025.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: September 5, 2023, Modified: February 13, 2025

References

https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210
https://lists.apache.org/thread/gs0qgk2mgss7zfhzdd6ftfjvm4kp7v82
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00025.html
Published: 2023-09-05T14:42:13.317Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-13T17:08:43.713Z
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