CVE-2026-42404

MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.04%

Apache Neethi doesn't impose any restrictions on URIs when manually fetching remote policy references through the PolicyReference API

Published: 5/1/2026Modified: 5/12/2026

Also known as:GHSA-287c-fxr7-3w6cCGA-9c65-97pv-f3rg

Description

Apache Neethi does not impose any restrictions on URIs when manually fetching remote policy references through the PolicyReference API. When an application explicitly calls the API to retrieve a policy from a remote URI, an outbound request is made for arbitrary protocols and internal IP adddresses. From 3.2.2, only http or https URIs are allowed, and link-local/multicast/any-local addresses are forbidden. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.

Affected packages (1)

Maven/org.apache.neethi:neethifrom 0, < 3.2.2

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References (4)

ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42404
PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/ws-neethi
WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread/zdspnt64zznyjyn648553kptx69w23oq
WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/8