`CVE-2022-45378` Apache SOAP

Affected software	Apache SOAP
Severity	9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Weakness	Missing authentication (CWE-306)
Published	14 Nov 2022
Updated	21 Oct 2026

Tagged unsupported-when-assigned. The affected software was already out of support when the CVE was assigned.

Description

In the default configuration of Apache SOAP, an RPCRouterServlet is available without authentication. This gives an attacker the possibility to invoke methods on the classpath that meet certain criteria. Depending on what classes are available on the classpath this might even lead to arbitrary remote code execution. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

CWE-287 · Improper authenticationCWE-502 · Deserialization of untrusted data

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 4 years ago.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 3.0% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists.

Protection none
Action feasible
Review automated AI triage
Record active unsupported-when-assigned

Decided by	A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE
Finding	An AI triage run set this CVE's status to No exploit published.

Decided by

A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

Finding

An AI triage run set this CVE's status to No exploit published.

Waratek research note

written 2026-11-13

Written by a Waratek engineer who reviewed this CVE. Their decision sets the status above, ahead of every automated rule except a withdrawal.

Comments

Apache SOAP's RPCRouterServlet asks for no authentication. Anyone can deploy a service through urn:xml-soap-service-management-service and call public methods of classes already in the application through Method.invoke. No generic rule sees those names in the SOAP body, so a CVE-specific patch is needed.

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CISA-ADP Secondary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`	CISA-ADP	Secondary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2026 ↗	CPU	2026-Q4	Oracle JD Edwards / Web Runtime SEC (Apache SOAP) (9.2.0.0-9.2.26.5)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2024 ↗	CPU	2024-Q3	Oracle Fusion Middleware / Portal Core (Apache SOAP) (12.2.1.4.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2024 ↗	CPU	2024-Q2	Oracle Fusion Middleware / Third Party (Apache SOAP) (12.2.1.4.0)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2026 ↗

CPU

2026-Q4

Oracle JD Edwards / Web Runtime SEC (Apache SOAP) (9.2.0.0-9.2.26.5)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2024 ↗

CPU

2024-Q3

Oracle Fusion Middleware / Portal Core (Apache SOAP) (12.2.1.4.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2024 ↗

CPU

2024-Q2

Oracle Fusion Middleware / Third Party (Apache SOAP) (12.2.1.4.0)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Portal Core (Apache SOAP)	12.2.1.4.0	12.2.1.4.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Third Party (Apache SOAP)	12.2.1.4.0	12.2.1.4.0
Oracle JD Edwards	Web Runtime SEC (Apache SOAP)	9.2.0.0-9.2.26.5

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

soap:soap 0.0.0 none unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`soap:soap`	0.0.0	none	unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	apache	soap	generic	≤ 2.3
osv	soap	soap	generic	≥ 0.0.0

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

apache

soap

generic

≤ 2.3

osv

soap

generic

≥ 0.0.0

References

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread/g4l64s283njhnph2otx7q4gs2j952d31	WEB
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/14/4	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2022-11-14	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.
Last VRT activity	2026-10-21	Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.
Classification created	2026-11-13	First commit adding this CVE's research note.

Published

2022-11-14

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Last VRT activity

2026-10-21

Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.

Classification created

2026-11-13

First commit adding this CVE's research note.

How VRT decided (4 of 24 rules ran)

4 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification decided it matched No exploit published An AI triage run set this CVE's status to No exploit published.

5 manual classification not reached Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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