CVE-2026-91865
Apache Neethi: Crafted policy references cause exponential expansion during normalization leading to denial of service
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Sep 21, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 21, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 15, 2026
Description
A small WS-Policy document using repeated policy references can force Neethi to re-expand the same references exponentially during normalization, consuming huge amounts of CPU and memory (denial of service). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Apache NeethiApache Software Foundation |
|
References
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