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CVE-2026-91865

7.5 HIGH

Published 2026-09-21 · Updated 2026-09-21

AI risk analysis

Summary
The flaw involves a small WS-Policy document that can cause Neethi to consume excessive CPU and memory during normalization, leading to a denial of service (DoS). This matters because it can disrupt system operations without requiring sophisticated exploitation techniques.
Exploitability
Exploitation is relatively easy as the attack vector relies on specific policy documents; no complex user interaction or advanced privileges are needed.
Blast radius
If exploited, this could significantly impact system availability, affecting multiple services and potentially leading to service disruptions for users.
Prioritized remediation
Upgrade to Neethi version 3.2.4 to address the issue.
dospolicy-exploitnormalization-issue

Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.

NVD description

A small WS-Policy document using repeated policy references can force Neethi to re-expand the same references exponentially during normalization, consuming huge amounts of CPU and memory (denial of service). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.

CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

CWE-770

All references

Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.

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