Resource exhaustion in Apache Software Foundation Neethi

CVE-2026-91866

A specially crafted pair of WS-Policy documents can force Neethi's policy-intersection to do exponential amounts of work, pinning the CPU for a long time (denial of service). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-91866?
CVE-2026-91866 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Neethi, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-91866?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.