# Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) may allow RCE when untrusted input is passed to getService

Advisory record · `GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w` · `CVE-2023-40743`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.8 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-20](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html) · [CWE-75](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/75.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-20](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-20.md) · [CWE-75](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-75.md)
- **Published:** 5 Sept 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 5 Sept 2023, 15:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected packages

- `org.apache.axis:axis` (Maven): affected `<=1.4`; no fixed version yet
- `axis:axis` (Maven): affected `<=1.4`; no fixed version yet

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.8 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from GitHub Advisory Database

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.033, the 88th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w)
- [OSV: GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40743>
- <https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210>
- <https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread/gs0qgk2mgss7zfhzdd6ftfjvm4kp7v82>
- <https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00025.html>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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The web page: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/GHSA-rmqp-9w4c-gc7w/>. Everything for agents: <https://agentprime.io/llms.txt>.