CVE-2026-89238

critical · 9.1

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.

9.1

CVSS

0.2%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

13th

EPSS percentile

2026-09-30

Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-345

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1lv4hpl8kon1ns5txjnhn2m2sh9rl22w
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/30/11

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-89238