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High, CVSS 7.2

Apache Axis Improper Input Validation vulnerability

CVE-2023-51441GHSA-hr2c-p8rh-238h

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Affected packages

  • Maven axis:axis

    Affected
    <= 1.3
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

  • Maven org.apache.axis:axis

    Affected
    <= 1.3
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
7.2 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2023-51441: 1.21% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 68.56 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Axis allowed users with access to the admin service to perform possible SSRF. This issue affects Apache Axis through 1.3. 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/685c309febc64aa393b2d64a05f90e7eb9f73e06 applied. The Apache Axis project does not expect to create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem, though contributors that would like to work towards this are welcome.

Dates and revisions
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Last modified by the source
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  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-hr2c-p8rh-238h

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2023-51441

Advisory: Apache Axis Improper Input Validation vulnerability
IDs: CVE-2023-51441, GHSA-hr2c-p8rh-238h
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2023-51441 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:29 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.2)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven axis:axis: affected <= 1.3
- Maven org.apache.axis:axis: affected <= 1.3

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven axis:axis: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Maven org.apache.axis:axis: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on axis:axis, org.apache.axis:axis.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hr2c-p8rh-238h (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-hr2c-p8rh-238h lists affected ranges: Maven org.apache.axis:axis >=0 =0 <=1.3)

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