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
0.5% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHENEETHI-20159007
  • published27 Sept 2026
  • disclosed21 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-91867  (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 due to the absence of a total timeout in the remote policy fetch process. An attacker can cause the application to hang indefinitely by making a server respond extremely slowly, thereby tying up the calling thread.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1