What is CVE-2026-42404?

CVE-2026-42404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Neethi, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2026-42404?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

SSRF in Apache Neethi

CVE-2026-42404

Apache Neethi does not impose any restrictions on URIs when manually fetching remote policy references through the PolicyReference API. When an application explicitly calls the API to retrieve a policy from a remote URI, an outbound reques…

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.000 (14.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Neethi
Apache Software Foundation Neethi — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-42404?: CVE-2026-42404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Neethi, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-42404?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.