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TI-2026-62055 Aliases CVE-2026-91866GHSA-q84r-gp7c-vfr3

Apache Neethi: Crafted policies cause unbounded work during intersection leading to denial of service

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-770Published · Updated

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, 5 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

A specially crafted pair of WS-Policy documents can force Neethi's policy-intersection to do exponential amounts of work, pinning the CPU for a long time (denial of service). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0074 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Apache Neethi (Apache Software Foundation): 3.2.4Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache Neethibefore 3.2.43.2.4Patch availableCNA
  • Apache Neethi VendorApache Affected before 3.2.4 Fixed in 3.2.4 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:neethi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.2.4VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:neethi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.2.4 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Neethi (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.2.4

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2026:83670 Released 2026-10-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.18 for Quarkus 3.33 update is now available (RHBQ 3.33.4.GA)
    • Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.4.redhat com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-core-2.21.7.redhat-00001.jar, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-databind-2.21.7.redhat-00001.jar, io.micrometer.micrometer-core-1.16.7.redhat-00002.jar +14

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    Apache Neethi 3.2.4

    5 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-62054 Apache Neethi: Crafted policy references cause exponential expansion during normalization leading to denial of servicePriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2026-62053 Apache Neethi: Crafted WS-Policy documents bypass element/attribute limits causing memory exhaustionPriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2026-62052 Apache Neethi: Uncontrolled recursion while parsing crafted WS-Policy documents allows denial of servicePriority MEDIUM 40
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.4.redhatFixed RHSA-2026:83670
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.4.redhat
  • Red Hat Fuse 7
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-91866
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q84r-gp7c-vfr3
  3. 2026-10-05 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-16 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  5. 2026-11-06 Fix available: Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.4.redhat · Red Hat
  6. 2026-11-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:83670 · Red Hat

References

Advisory 2

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

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