TI-2026-30701 Aliases CVE-2026-42402 GHSA-g36m-9g3m-2vmp

Apache Neethi: Policy Normalization Unbounded Resource Allocation DoS

MEDIUM 40CWE-400Published 2026-05-01 · Updated 2026-05-01

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 8 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00711 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Apache Neethi (Apache Software Foundation): 3.2.2org.apache.neethi:neethi (Maven): 3.2.2Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 8 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Apache	Apache Neethi	before 3.2.2	3.2.2	Patch available	CNA
—	org.apache.neethi:neethi (Maven)	before 3.2.2	3.2.2	Patch available	GHSA-g36m-9g3m-2vmp

Apache Neethi VendorApache Affected before 3.2.2 Fixed in 3.2.2 Patch available CNA
org.apache.neethi:neethi (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 3.2.2 Fixed in 3.2.2 Patch available GHSA-g36m-9g3m-2vmp

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:neethi::::::::	before 3.2.2	Vulnerable	Apache

cpe:2.3:a:apache:neethi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.2.2 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

Fix · CNA Apache Neethi (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.2.2
Fix · GHSA-g36m-9g3m-2vmp org.apache.neethi:neethi (Maven) Fixed in 3.2.2 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

RHSA-2026:19835 Released 2026-05-20 · Red Hat rating Critical
Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.14 for Quarkus 3.27 update is now available (RHBQ 3.27.3.SP2)
- Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.14 for Quarkus 3.27

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2026-05-01
Apache Neethi 3.2.2
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-30702 Apache Neethi: Circular Policy Reference Infinite LoopPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-30703 Apache Neethi: Unrestricted HTTP Redirect Following in Policy ReferencesPriority LOW 38
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Fuse 7	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Process Automation 7	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.14 for Quarkus 3.27	Fixed	RHSA-2026:19835

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-42402
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g36m-9g3m-2vmp
2026-10-09 Fix available: RHSA-2026:19835 · Red Hat
2026-10-23 Fix available: Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.14 for Quarkus 3.27 · Red Hat

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

https://github.com/apache/ws-neethi

TI-2026-62055 Apache Neethi: Crafted policies cause unbounded work during intersection leading to denial of service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-62054 Apache Neethi: Crafted policy references cause exponential expansion during normalization leading to denial of service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-62053 Apache Neethi: Crafted WS-Policy documents bypass element/attribute limits causing memory exhaustion CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-62052 Apache Neethi: Uncontrolled recursion while parsing crafted WS-Policy documents allows denial of service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-47067 Apache Neethi: Remote PolicyReference fetch lacks resource bounds CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-47066 Apache Neethi: Missing global alternative-output budget across policy computation paths CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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