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-20159009
  • published27 Sept 2026
  • disclosed21 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-91864  (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 through the processing of WS-Policy documents containing excessive content within policy assertions. An attacker can cause memory exhaustion by submitting specially crafted documents that bypass element and attribute limits, leading to heap exhaustion and potential service disruption.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1