Bug 2464324 (CVE-2026-42404)

Summary:	CVE-2026-42404 Apache Neethi: Apache Neethi: Information disclosure and network access bypass via PolicyReference API
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	aschwart, asoldano, aszczucz, bbaranow, bmaxwell, boliveir, bstansbe, dhanak, dlofthou, drichtar, drosa, fmariani, fmongiar, gmalinko, ibek, istudens, ivassile, iweiss, janstey, jnethert, jrokos, jwon, mcarlett, mnovotny, mosmerov, mposolda, msvehla, nwallace, pberan, pdelbell, pesilva, pjindal, pmackay, rmartinc, rstancel, rstepani, sausingh, smaestri, ssilvert, sthorger, tcunning, thjenkin, vdosoudi, vmuzikar, yfang
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in Apache Neethi. When an application explicitly calls the PolicyReference API to retrieve a policy from a remote Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), Apache Neethi does not impose restrictions on the URI. This allows a remote attacker to cause the application to make outbound requests to arbitrary protocols and internal IP addresses. This could lead to information disclosure or enable further network-based attacks.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-01 11:01:30 UTC

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.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-20 20:47:49 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.14 for Quarkus 3.27

Via RHSA-2026:19835 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19835