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GHSA-GHWQ-2RG5-C7J8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-24 15:33 – Updated: 2026-07-24 21:32

Details

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2026-66143 (GCVE-0-2026-66143)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-24 12:07 – Updated: 2026-07-24 18:40

Title

Apache Neethi: Missing global alternative-output budget across policy computation paths

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-24 18:39 UTC

CWE

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

apache mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread/s6o6p5pvcbcsk54dl…	vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/24/9

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Neethi	Affected: 0 , < 3.2.3 (semver)

Credits

Reported by LTSHFWJT

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