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CVE-2026-91865 json

Apache Neethi: Crafted policy references cause exponential expansion during normalization leading to denial of service

published last mo. modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-83887

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A small WS-Policy document using repeated policy references can force Neethi to re-expand the same references exponentially during normalization, consuming huge amounts of CPU and memory (denial of service). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.

Patch / fix

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Neethi 3.2.4

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-91865 updated cvss 7.5

org.apache.neethi/neethi: Apache Neethi: Denial of Service via crafted WS-Policy documents

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001 Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001, jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk8-openshift-rhel8, jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk11-openshift-rhel8, jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk17-openshift-rhel8 Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.4.redhat neethi 3.2.4.redhat-00001
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83670
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 for RHEL 8 eap8-neethi 3.2.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap8-apache-sshd 2.20.0-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap8-wildfly 8.1.9.1-1.GA_redhat_00006.1.el8eap, eap8-bouncycastle 1.86.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap8-bouncycastle-pg 1.86.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap8-ironjacamar 3.1.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +33 more Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 for RHEL 9 eap8-neethi 3.2.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap8-apache-sshd 2.20.0-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap, eap8-wildfly 8.1.9.1-1.GA_redhat_00006.1.el9eap, eap8-bouncycastle 1.86.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap8-bouncycastle-pg 1.86.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap8-ironjacamar 3.1.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, +33 more Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 for RHEL 10 eap8-neethi 3.2.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el10eap, eap8-apache-sshd 2.20.0-1.redhat_00002.1.el10eap, eap8-wildfly 8.1.9.1-1.GA_redhat_00006.1.el10eap, eap8-bouncycastle 1.86.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el10eap, eap8-bouncycastle-pg 1.86.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el10eap, eap8-ironjacamar 3.1.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el10eap, +32 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:99018
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:99017
  • Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.4.redhat jimfs 1.1, jna 5.8.0, bcel 6.7.0, gax 2.74.1, icu4j 78.2, joni 2.2.6, +1616 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001
    not affected: vulnerable code not in execute path
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001
    not affected: component not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Neethi

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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