Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting org.apache.neethi:neethi package, versions [,3.2.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.76% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHENEETHI-20159008
  • published27 Sept 2026
  • disclosed21 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-91863  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (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 Uncontrolled Recursion through the parsing process of WS-Policy documents containing deeply nested policy elements. An attacker can cause the application to exhaust the thread stack and crash the parser by submitting specially crafted input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1