CVE-2026-91864 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 15.09.2026 Published: 21.09.2026 Updated: 21.09.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Neethi
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.2.4 (excl.)

Credits

  • This issue was found using Claude agents to study the security of open-source projects finder

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