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CVE-2026-42402

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.05 BB Relevance: 75/100
Published: 2026-05-01 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

Apache Neethi is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack through algorithmic complexity in policy normalization. Specially crafted WS-Policy documents can trigger an exponential Cartesian cross-product expansion during the normalization process, causing unbounded memory allocation that exhausts the JVM heap. This occurs when the normalization process generates an excessive number of policy alternatives without bounds, leading to runtime memory exhaustion. Users should upgrade to 3.2.2 which limits the maximum number of normalized policy alternatives.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
apache neethi < 3.2.2

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

75 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.71%
Raw Score 0.007110
Percentile 53.5%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00711
2026-10-28
0.00711

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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