Description
A specially crafted WS-Policy document with deeply nested policy elements can bypass Neethi's nesting-depth limit and exhaust the thread stack, crashing the parser (denial of service). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.
Affected products
apache: neethi
References2
- lists.apache.org/thread/72kxj71lvrqqx90xxqqctvpbw0t8mpxw Mailing ListVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/18/10 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.5
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 55 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-674
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