FKIE_CVE-2026-42403

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-01 09:16 - Updated: 2026-05-01 18:08
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Apache Neethi does not properly detect circular references in policy definitions. When a WS-Policy document contains circular policy references (where Policy A references Policy B which references Policy A), the policy normalization process can enter an infinite loop or cause excessive recursion, leading to a stack overflow or application hang. An attacker can craft malicious policy documents with circular references to cause a Denial of Service condition Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.
References
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/zm6t8skkkskjwk1881l4m4n0l7dqclzoMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache neethi *
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