Apache Neethi is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion when parsing policies that lack policy Ids or with deeply nested structures, which may lead to a denial of service attack when parsing policies due to runtime memory exhaustion. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.3, which fixes this issue.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/fomwtwt4pzzhxn4fyn3skykto913vfzt 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 2026-10-24 13:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:apache:neethi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 2
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/fomwtwt4pzzhxn4fyn3skykto913vfzt Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/24/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory