Apache Neethi does not properly detect circular references in policy definitions. When a WS-Policy document contains circular policy references (where Policy A references Policy B which references Policy A), the policy normalization process can enter an infinite loop or cause excessive recursion, leading to a stack overflow or application hang. An attacker can craft malicious policy documents with circular references to cause a Denial of Service condition Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/zm6t8skkkskjwk1881l4m4n0l7dqclzo Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · apacheNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:apache:neethi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 2
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/zm6t8skkkskjwk1881l4m4n0l7dqclzo Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory