Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.apache.neethi:neethi package, versions [,3.2.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.74% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHENEETHI-20159006
  • published27 Sept 2026
  • disclosed21 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-91865  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.neethi:neethi to version 3.2.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the normalization. An attacker can exhaust system resources by submitting a specially crafted WS-Policy document containing repeated policy references that trigger exponential expansion.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1