CVE-2026-91864

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/400kbynbyhqhsjkv1yz251jm9wdz8z69	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/18/11	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

25 Sep 2026, 13:09

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:apache:neethi::::::::
References	~~() https://lists.apache.org/thread/400kbynbyhqhsjkv1yz251jm9wdz8z69 -~~	() https://lists.apache.org/thread/400kbynbyhqhsjkv1yz251jm9wdz8z69 - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/18/11 -~~	() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/18/11 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
First Time		Apache neethi Apache

21 Sep 2026, 14:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-770
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.5

21 Sep 2026, 13:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/18/11 -

21 Sep 2026, 12:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-21 12:17

Updated : 2026-09-25 13:09

NVD link : CVE-2026-91864

Mitre link : CVE-2026-91864

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-91864

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apache

neethi

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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