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Remote PolicyReference fetch lacks resource bounds

CVE-2026-66144 [CVE] [CVE json] [OSV json]

Last updated: 2026-07-24T12:08:26.736Z

Affected

  • Apache Neethi before 3.2.3

Description

Although remote policy references are not retrieved during policy normalization, if they are manually retrieved via the API it can cause a denial of service attack if a huge policy is retrieved. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.3, which fixes this issue by imposing a default maximum size on data read from remote policy references.

References

Credits

  • Reported by LTSHFWJT (finder)

Missing global alternative-output budget across policy computation paths

CVE-2026-66143 [CVE] [CVE json] [OSV json]

Last updated: 2026-07-24T12:07:51.381Z

Affected

  • Apache Neethi before 3.2.3

Description

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.

References

Credits

  • Reported by LTSHFWJT (finder)

Uncontrolled recursion in policy processing

CVE-2026-66142 [CVE] [CVE json] [OSV json]

Last updated: 2026-07-24T12:07:24.609Z

Affected

  • Apache Neethi before 3.2.3

Description

Apache Neethi is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion when parsing policies that lack policy Ids or with deeply nested structures, which may lead to a denial of service attack when parsing policies due to runtime memory exhaustion. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.3, which fixes this issue.

References

Credits

  • Reported by LTSHFWJT (finder)

Unrestricted HTTP Redirect Following in Policy References

CVE-2026-42404 [CVE] [CVE json] [OSV json]

Last updated: 2026-05-01T09:46:48.474Z

Affected

  • Apache Neethi before 3.2.2

Description

Apache Neethi does not impose any restrictions on URIs when manually fetching remote policy references through the PolicyReference API. When an application explicitly calls the API to retrieve a policy from a remote URI, an outbound request is made for arbitrary protocols and internal IP adddresses. From 3.2.2, only http or https URIs are allowed, and link-local/multicast/any-local addresses are forbidden.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.

References

Circular Policy Reference Infinite Loop

CVE-2026-42403 [CVE] [CVE json] [OSV json]

Last updated: 2026-05-01T09:36:06.796Z

Affected

  • Apache Neethi before 3.2.2

Description

Apache Neethi does not properly detect circular references in policy definitions. When a WS-Policy document contains circular policy references (where Policy A references Policy B which references Policy A), the policy normalization process can enter an infinite loop or cause excessive recursion, leading to a stack overflow or application hang. An attacker can craft malicious policy documents with circular references to cause a Denial of Service condition

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.

References

Policy Normalization Unbounded Resource Allocation DoS

CVE-2026-42402 [CVE] [CVE json] [OSV json]

Last updated: 2026-05-01T09:35:22.670Z

Affected

  • Apache Neethi before 3.2.2

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.

References

Apache SOAP allows unauthenticated users to potentially invoke arbitrary code

CVE-2022-45378 [CVE] [CVE json]

Last updated: 2022-11-14T14:06:51.577Z

Affected

  • Apache SOAP at 2.3
  • Apache SOAP from Apache SOAP before 2.3 unknown

Description

In the default configuration of Apache SOAP, an RPCRouterServlet is available without authentication. This gives an attacker the possibility to invoke methods on the classpath that meet certain criteria. Depending on what classes are available on the classpath this might even lead to arbitrary remote code execution. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

References

Credits

  • Apache would like to thank TsungShu Chiu (CHT Security) for reporting this issue

Apache SOAP: XML External Entity Injection (XXE) allows unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files via HTTP

CVE-2022-40705 [CVE] [CVE json] [OSV json]

Last updated: 2022-09-22T08:11:36.490Z

Affected

  • Apache SOAP from 2.2 before Apache SOAP*

Description

An Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in RPCRouterServlet of Apache SOAP allows an attacker to read arbitrary files over HTTP. This issue affects Apache SOAP version 2.2 and later versions. It is unknown whether previous versions are also affected. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

References

Credits

  • Apache would like to thank TsungShu Chiu (CHT Security) for reporting this issue