CVE-2026-66142

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 75% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: July 24, 2026 (44 days ago)
Last Modified: July 27, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Apache Neethi is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion when parsing policies that lack policy Ids or with deeply nested structures, which may lead to a denial of service attack when parsing policies due to runtime memory exhaustion. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.3, which fixes this issue.

CWE

CWE-400

Affected Products

apache neethi

References

🔗 lists.apache.org 🔗 www.openwall.com