It is possible to bypass the maximum number of normalized policy alternatives that was introduced in Apache Neethi 3.2.2 via certain crafted policies, which may lead to a denial of service attack via resource consumption. 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/s6o6p5pvcbcsk54dlg6j699t5gxol28w 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:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 2
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/s6o6p5pvcbcsk54dlg6j699t5gxol28w Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/24/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory