Answer in brief
CVE-2026-90436 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in Apache Axis 1.x (EOL): unauthenticated remote class instantiation via SOAP fault exceptionName. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Apache Software Foundation/Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) (generic), Apache Software Foundation/axis:axis (generic), Apache Software Foundation/org.apache.axis:axis (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Apache Software Foundation/Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) (generic), Apache Software Foundation/axis:axis (generic), Apache Software Foundation/org.apache.axis:axis (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation/Apache Axis 1.x (EOL)generic | >=aac718c6035435d96b39d6aebb9c078a13af7cc8 <41f3b4e8d04e310ca81f86b92630ab2c11d608bd | 41f3b4e8d04e310ca81f86b92630ab2c11d608bd |
| Apache Software Foundation/axis:axisgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Apache Software Foundation/org.apache.axis:axisgeneric | >=0 <=1.4 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Nov 6, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 6, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 6, 2026
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Deserialization of an inbound SOAP fault in Apache Axis 1.x allows unauthenticated remote class instantiation. When a SOAP <Fault> carries a <detail><exceptionName> element, Axis loads the named class and, if a String <data> element is also present, instantiates it through its String constructor before checking that it is an AxisFault. Loading alone runs the class's static initializer. With a suitable class on the application's classpath this leads to remote code execution. The fault is parsed while the engine resolves the target service, before any per-service handler chain runs, so authentication handlers configured on a service do not protect against it. This affects all Apache Axis 1.x versions through 1.4. 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/41f3b4e8d04e310ca81f86b92630ab2c11d608bd applied. The Apache Axis project does not expect to create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem.
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