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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89238

WSS4J EncryptedHeader child confusion could promote an attacker-controlled plaintext element as the decrypted header, leading to incorrect confidentia...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 wss4j

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 wss4j

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 wss4j

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org