A specially crafted WS-Policy document can pack unlimited content inside a policy assertion, which Neethi copies into memory without counting it against its size limits, exhausting the heap (denial of service). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.
History

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apache:neethi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-770

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First Time appeared Apache
Apache neethi
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache neethi

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Description A specially crafted WS-Policy document can pack unlimited content inside a policy assertion, which Neethi copies into memory without counting it against its size limits, exhausting the heap (denial of service). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.
Title Apache Neethi: Crafted WS-Policy documents bypass element/attribute limits causing memory exhaustion
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2026-09-21T11:26:20.054Z

Updated: 2026-09-21T13:27:39.838Z

Reserved: 2026-09-15T09:54:19.238Z

Link: CVE-2026-91864

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-21T12:14:32.743Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-21T12:17:24.807

Modified: 2026-09-25T13:09:39.500

Link: CVE-2026-91864

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-21T11:26:20Z

Links: CVE-2026-91864 - Bugzilla