Unchecked Input for Loop Condition Affecting neethi package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.76% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NEETHI-16716985
  • published16 May 2026
  • disclosed1 May 2026

Introduced: 1 May 2026

CVE-2026-42403  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-606  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 neethi.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream neethi package and not the neethi package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache Neethi does not properly detect circular references in policy definitions. When a WS-Policy document contains circular policy references (where Policy A references Policy B which references Policy A), the policy normalization process can enter an infinite loop or cause excessive recursion, leading to a stack overflow or application hang. An attacker can craft malicious policy documents with circular references to cause a Denial of Service condition

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1