CVE-2026-90436 Apache Axis 1.x (EOL): unauthenticated remote class instantiation via SOAP fault exceptionName
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Deserialization of an inbound SOAP fault in Apache Axis 1.x allows unauthenticated remote class instantiation. When a SOAP <Fault> carries a <detail><exceptionName> element, Axis loads the named class and, if a String <data> element is also present, instantiates it through its String constructor before checking that it is an AxisFault. Loading alone runs the class's static initializer. With a suitable class on the application's classpath this leads to remote code execution. The fault is parsed while the engine resolves the target service, before any per-service handler chain runs, so authentication handlers configured on a service do not protect against it. This affects all Apache Axis 1.x versions through 1.4.
As Axis 1 has been EOL we recommend you migrate to a different SOAP engine, such as Apache Axis 2/Java. Alternatively you could use a build of Axis with the patch from https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/41f3b4e8d04e310ca81f86b92630ab2c11d608bd applied. The Apache Axis project does not expect to create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| apache axis(Maven) | <= 1.4 | No fix listed |
| Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) | >= aac718c6035435d96b39d6aebb9c078a13af7cc8, < 41f3b4e8d04e310ca81f86b92630ab2c11d608bd | 41f3b4e8d04e310ca81f86b92630ab2c11d608bd |
| debian/axis(Debian:12) | All versions | No fix listed |
| debian/axis(Debian:12) | = 1.4-28 | No fix listed |
| debian/axis(Debian:12) | = 1.4-28+deb12u1 | No fix listed |
| debian/axis(Debian:12) | = 1.4-29 | No fix listed |
| debian/axis(Debian:12) | = 1.4-30 | No fix listed |
| debian/axis(Debian:13) | All versions | No fix listed |
| debian/axis(Debian:13) | = 1.4-29 | No fix listed |
| debian/axis(Debian:13) | = 1.4-30 | No fix listed |
| debian/axis(Debian:14) | All versions | No fix listed |
| debian/axis(Debian:14) | = 1.4-29 | No fix listed |
| debian/axis(Debian:14) | = 1.4-30 | No fix listed |
| ubuntu/axis(Ubuntu:22.04) | All versions | No fix listed |
| ubuntu/axis(Ubuntu:24.04) | All versions | No fix listed |
| ubuntu/axis(Ubuntu:26.04) | All versions | No fix listed |
| ubuntu/axis(Ubuntu:26.10) | All versions | No fix listed |
References
- github.com patch
- lists.apache.org vendor-advisory
- www.openwall.com
- security-tracker.debian.org vendor-advisory
- Ubuntu CVE tracker vendor-advisory
- www.cve.org