CVE-2026-91863

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Sep 24, 2026

Description

A specially crafted WS-Policy document with deeply nested policy elements can bypass Neethi's nesting-depth limit and exhaust the thread stack, crashing the parser (denial of service). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-674

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Neethi	< 3.2.4

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/72kxj71lvrqqx90xxqqctvpbw0t8mpxwMailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/18/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 21, 2026
Last modified: Sep 24, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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