CVE-2026-90436

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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.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-11-06 16:18:59.763000

Last modified

2026-11-06 19:17:58.880000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-90436",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-06T16:18:59.763",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-06T19:17:58.880",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [
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      "tags": [
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  "descriptions": [
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      "value": "** 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.\n\n\n\nAs 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."
    }
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  "affected": [
    {
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  "weaknesses": [
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      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Secondary",
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      "source": "[email protected]"
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      "source": "[email protected]"
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    {
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/11/06/12",
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