Vulnerability Details CVE-2021-22696
CXF supports (via JwtRequestCodeFilter) passing OAuth 2 parameters via a JWT token as opposed to query parameters (see: The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: JWT Secured Authorization Request (JAR)). Instead of sending a JWT token as a "request" parameter, the spec also supports specifying a URI from which to retrieve a JWT token from via the "request_uri" parameter. CXF was not validating the "request_uri" parameter (apart from ensuring it uses "https) and was making a REST request to the parameter in the request to retrieve a token. This means that CXF was vulnerable to DDos attacks on the authorization server, as specified in section 10.4.1 of the spec. This issue affects Apache CXF versions prior to 3.4.3; Apache CXF versions prior to 3.3.10.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.005
EPSS Ranking 64.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
Products affected by CVE-2021-22696
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.0.10
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.0.12
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.0.13
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.12
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.3.10
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.3.11
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.3.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.3.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.3.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.10
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.10
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.11
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.5.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.10
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.11
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.12
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.13
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.14
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.15
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.16
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.17
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.6.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.10
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.11
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.12
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.13
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.14
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.15
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.16
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.17
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.18
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.7.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.10
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.12
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.13
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.14
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.15
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.16
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.11
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.12
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.13
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.14
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.15
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.16
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.17
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.12
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.13
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.14
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.3.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.3.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.3.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:3.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_intelligence:12.2.1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_intelligence:12.2.1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_intelligence:5.5.0.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_intelligence:5.9.0.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_diameter_intelligence_hub:8.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_diameter_intelligence_hub:8.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_diameter_intelligence_hub:8.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_diameter_intelligence_hub:8.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_element_manager:8.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_report_manager:8.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_report_manager:8.0.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_report_manager:8.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_report_manager:8.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_report_manager:8.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_report_manager:8.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_report_manager:8.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_report_manager:8.2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_report_manager:8.2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_route_manager:8.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_route_manager:8.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_route_manager:8.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_route_manager:8.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_route_manager:8.2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_route_manager:8.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_route_manager:8.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_route_manager:8.2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_session_route_manager:8.2.4