Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2015-0226

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0226 is a high-severity information leakage vulnerability affecting Apache WSS4J versions before 1.6.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2. It allows remote attackers to recover symmetric keys by observing decryption failure messages, stemming from an incomplete fix for a prior vulnerability. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this network-exploitable flaw has a high impact on confidentiality. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:wss4j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:wss4j:2.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:wss4j:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:wss4j:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:wss4j:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0550 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.ws.security:wss4jFixed in: 1.6.17
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-domFixed in: 2.0.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-vjwc-5hfh-2vv5high

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Apache WSS4J

May 14, 2022

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0846.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0847.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0848.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0849.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1177.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1376
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
ws.apache.org / wss4j/advisories/CVE-2015-0226.txt.asc
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
securityfocus.com / bid/72553
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry