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CVE-2026-66143

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Description

It is possible to bypass the maximum number of normalized policy alternatives that was introduced in Apache Neethi 3.2.2 via certain crafted policies, which may lead to a denial of service attack via resource consumption. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.3, which fixes this issue.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-24 13:18:29.350000
Last modified
2026-10-24 13:10:00.147000
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  "published": "2026-07-24T13:18:29.350",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T13:10:00.147",
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      "value": "Es posible eludir el número máximo de alternativas de política normalizadas que se introdujo en Apache Neethi 3.2.2 a través de ciertas políticas manipuladas, lo que puede conducir a un ataque de denegación de servicio mediante el consumo de recursos. Se recomienda a los usuarios actualizar a la versión 3.2.3, que soluciona este problema."
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