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.
Published: 2026-09-21
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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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:

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 : Received

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

Modified: 2026-09-21T14:17:29.300

Link: CVE-2026-91864

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-21T13:00:14Z

Weaknesses