CVE-2026-91865(apache / neethi)

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-770

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • neethi

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
neethi

Deep dive

Full discourse1 post
  • Hugo | DevOps | Cybersecurity@HugoValters

    CVE-2026-91865: Apache Neethi DoS via exponential policy expansion, CVSS 7.5. Patch under review, upgrade to 3.2.4 when available. Track it here: #CVE #infosec #Apache https://www.valtersit.com/cve/CVE-2026-91865/ #Apache #CVEALERT #CVE #infosec #Linux #XSS #valtersit #snippet #SysAdmin #cybersecurity #devsecops #devops #developer #100daysofcode #git #github #gitlab #redteam #blueteam #ethicalhacker #cybersecurityawareness #cybersecuritynews #cybersecuritytips #python #hacker #kali #ubuntu #debian #docker

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