High [CVE-2026-66142] Apache Neethi is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion
This high-severity Apache Software Foundation advisory covers CVE-2026-66142 affecting Apache Neethi.
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Summary
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.
- Apache Neethi before 3.2.3
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.3, which fixes this issue.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source
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- CVE-2026-91865Sep 21, 2026small WS-Policy document using repeated policy references can force Neethi to re-expand
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- CVE-2026-91863Sep 21, 2026specially crafted WS-Policy document with deeply nested policy elements can bypass
- CVE-2026-66143Jul 24, 2026It is possible to bypass the maximum number of normalized policy alternatives that was
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