# CVE-2025-23184: Apache CXF: Denial of Service vulnerability with temporary files

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-23184-apache-cxf-denial-of-service-vulnerability-with-temporary-files  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-01-21  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-23184 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-01-21

Apache CXF: Denial of Service vulnerability with temporary files

Technologies: [org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-apache-cxf-cxf-core). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-23184 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-23184 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-23184?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 21 January 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.5.10.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-23184?** Yes. org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven): upgrade to 3.5.10 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-23184?** Check whether you run org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven): upgrade to 3.5.10 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.apache.cxf:cxf-core to 3.5.10 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.5.10

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-23184
- GHSA-fh5r-crhr-qrrq

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