CVE-2026-97468

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  "id": "CVE-2026-97468",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-09T11:17:03.270",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-20T12:40:41.170",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Apache CXF's STSTokenValidator and Security Token Service (STS) cached validated security tokens under a non-cryptographic 32-bit hash of the token (Java Arrays.hashCode/hashCode()), and treated a cache hit as proof that the presented token had already been validated. An attacker could craft a token (for example a UsernameToken or a self-signed SAML Assertion) whose hash collides with a cached entry. The token would then be accepted without password validation, signature trust verification or a call to the STS. This could let the attacker authenticate as another user and, through STS token validation or renewal, obtain STS-signed tokens for that identity.\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.4 or 4.1.9 or 3.6.13, which fix this issue."
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  "references": [
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