Posted by Colm O hEigeartaigh on Sep 18 Severity: moderate Affected versions: - Apache Neethi (org.apache.neethi:neethi) before 3.2.4 Description: A small WS-Policy document using repeated policy references can force Neethi to re-expand the same references exponentially during normalization, consuming huge amounts of CPU and memory (denial of service). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.
CVE-2026-91865: Apache Neethi: Crafted policy references cause exponential expansion during normalization leading to denial of service
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