GHSA-r53v-vm87-f72c · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Validation of Certificates in apache axis
The getCN function in Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier does not properly verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a certificate with a subject that specifies a common name in a field that is not the CN field. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5784.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3596 is rated Moderate Risk (60/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.81%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +4.59% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.21% | 5.81% | +4.59% |
| 2 | 2025-10-21 | 1.36% | 1.21% | -0.15% |
| 3 | 2025-10-17 | — | 1.36% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-r53v-vm87-f72c · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Validation of Certificates in apache axis
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2014-3596 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (axis), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3596 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3596 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2014-3596 severity moderate: SUSE including 11 source package names (axis-1.4-11.65, axis-1.4-150200.13.6.4, …), 22 product×package rows across 20 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15, … (20 product lines)): Fixed 22. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3596/ |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2014-3596 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (axis), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): DNE 1, ignored 1, not-affected 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3596 |
: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/297.html" target="_blank">CWE-297: Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch</a>
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | axis | <= 1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.2:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.2:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | axis | 1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |