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CVE-2026-42403

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 ver
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:8da144e1a2f627a8e2ab2601a6cf10d2ec2fb844c553f79e02d33981cf671e21
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"collectionURL":"https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"org.apache.neethi:neethi","product":"Apache Neethi","vendor":"Apache Software Foundation","versions":[{"lessThan":"3.2.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6b22f2ba7aa598705275314c2f3542f3a76b3681b23df4b5421c0b2af0a4d21f · sha256:c1dbcdeffffbd457… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6b22f2ba7aa598705275314c2f3542f3a76b3681b23df4b5421c0b2af0a4d21f · sha256:c1dbcdeffffbd457… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-400","description":"CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6b22f2ba7aa598705275314c2f3542f3a76b3681b23df4b5421c0b2af0a4d21f · sha256:c1dbcdeffffbd457… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/7"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6b22f2ba7aa598705275314c2f3542f3a76b3681b23df4b5421c0b2af0a4d21f · sha256:c1dbcdeffffbd457… · /containers/adp/1/references/0
{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/zm6t8skkkskjwk1881l4m4n0l7dqclzo"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6b22f2ba7aa598705275314c2f3542f3a76b3681b23df4b5421c0b2af0a4d21f · sha256:c1dbcdeffffbd457… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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