CVE-2026-42404

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 91% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Published: May 1, 2026 (12 days ago)
Last Modified: May 1, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

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 request is made for arbitrary protocols and internal IP adddresses. From 3.2.2, only http or https URIs are allowed, and link-local/multicast/any-local addresses are forbidden. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.

CWE

CWE-918

Affected Products

apache neethi

References

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