CVE-2026-91865
7.5 HIGHPublished 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
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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
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