Denial of Service Vulnerability in Apache Neethi
CVE-2026-66142

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Apache
Status
Apache Neethi
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 July 2026

What is CVE-2026-66142?

Apache Neethi is susceptible to a denial of service vulnerability caused by uncontrolled recursion when parsing policies that either lack policy IDs or contain deeply nested structures. This issue can result in runtime memory exhaustion, making the system unresponsive. To protect against this vulnerability, users are strongly advised to upgrade to version 3.2.3, which addresses this flaw.

Affected Version(s)

Apache Neethi 0 < 3.2.3

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/fomwtwt4pzzhxn4fyn3skykto...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Reported by LTSHFWJT
.