Bug 2539034 (CVE-2026-91864)

Summary: CVE-2026-91864 org.apache.neethi/neethi: Apache Neethi: Denial of Service via crafted WS-Policy documents
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Version: unspecifiedCC: anujha, aschwart, asoldano, aszczucz, bbaranow, bmaxwell, boliveir, bstansbe, dlofthou, drichtar, fmariani, fmongiar, gmalinko, istudens, ivassile, iweiss, janstey, jnethert, jwon, mcarlett, mosmerov, mposolda, msvehla, nwallace, pberan, pdelbell, pesilva, pjindal, pmackay, rmartinc, rstancel, rstepani, ssilvert, sthorger, tcunning, thjenkin, vdosoudi, vmuzikar, yfang
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A flaw was found in Apache Neethi. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted WS-Policy document. This document can contain unlimited content within a policy assertion, which Neethi processes without proper size limits. This can lead to memory exhaustion, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-22 22:00:12 UTC
A specially crafted WS-Policy document can pack unlimited content inside a policy assertion, which Neethi copies into memory without counting it against its size limits, exhausting the heap (denial of service).
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.