TI-2026-47066 Aliases CVE-2026-66143 GHSA-ghwq-2rg5-c7j8

Apache Neethi: Missing global alternative-output budget across policy computation paths

MEDIUM 40CWE-400Published 2026-07-24 · Updated 2026-07-24

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: 5 without a fix

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

Summary

It is possible to bypass the maximum number of normalized policy alternatives that was introduced in Apache Neethi 3.2.2 via certain crafted policies, which may lead to a denial of service attack via resource consumption. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.3, which fixes this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00854 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Apache Neethi (Apache Software Foundation): 3.2.3Red Hat: 5 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 3.2.3	3.2.3	Patch available	CNA

Apache Neethi VendorApache Affected before 3.2.3 Fixed in 3.2.3 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

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

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

Remediation

Fix · CNA Apache Neethi (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.2.3

Fixed in the same release

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

Release · 2026-07-24
Apache Neethi 3.2.3
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-47067 Apache Neethi: Remote PolicyReference fetch lacks resource boundsPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-47065 Apache Neethi: Uncontrolled recursion in policy processingPriority MEDIUM 40
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. 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
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4	Affected	No fix yet

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-66143
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ghwq-2rg5-c7j8
2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
2026-10-30 CVSS score added · Red Hat

References

Advisory 2

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-2026-47065 Apache Neethi: Uncontrolled recursion in policy processing CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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