CVE-2026-66142

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-66142",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-07-24T13:18:29.237",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T13:10:00.147",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Apache Neethi es vulnerable a la recursión incontrolada al analizar políticas que carecen de IDs de política o con estructuras profundamente anidadas, lo que puede llevar a un ataque de denegación de servicio al analizar políticas debido al agotamiento de la memoria en tiempo de ejecución. Se recomienda a los usuarios actualizar a la versión 3.2.3, que soluciona este problema."
    }
  ],
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      "source": "[email protected]",
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          "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
          "product": "Apache Neethi",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "collectionURL": "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
          "packageName": "org.apache.neethi:neethi",
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          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
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      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Secondary",
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      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/fomwtwt4pzzhxn4fyn3skykto913vfzt",
      "source": "[email protected]",
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