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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2026-91864 json

Apache Neethi: Crafted WS-Policy documents bypass element/attribute limits causing memory exhaustion

published 2026-09-21 49 d ago modified 2026-09-25 45 d ago also EUVD-2026-83886

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A specially crafted WS-Policy document can pack unlimited content inside a policy assertion, which Neethi copies into memory without counting it against its size limits, exhausting the heap (denial of service). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.

Patch / fix

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Neethi 3.2.4

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-91864 updated cvss 7.5

org.apache.neethi/neethi: Apache Neethi: Denial of Service via crafted WS-Policy documents

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001 Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001, jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk8-openshift-rhel8, jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk11-openshift-rhel8, jboss-eap-7/eap74-els-openjdk17-openshift-rhel8
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.4.redhat neethi 3.2.4.redhat-00001
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83670
  • Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.4.redhat jimfs 1.1, jna 5.8.0, bcel 6.7.0, gax 2.74.1, icu4j 78.2, joni 2.2.6, +1616 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001
    not affected: vulnerable code not in execute path
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack neethi 3.2.2.redhat-00001
    not affected: component not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
49 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Neethi

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.