Report: Update: CVE-2026-42402 - Apache Neethi: Policy Normalization Unbounded Resource Allocation DoS

Report: Update: CVE-2026-42402 - Apache Neethi: Policy Normalization Unbounded Resource Allocation DoS

CVE ID :CVE-2026-42402 Published : May 1, 2026, 8:54 a.m. | 33 minutes ago Description :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. Severity: 7.5 | HIGH Visit the link for more details, such as CVSS details, affected products, timeline, and more...

CVE Details

Severity
HIGH
Published
May 1, 2026
Affected Product: Apache
Impact: Denial of Service