CVE-2026-42403

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42403
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-42403.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-42403
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Published
2026-05-01T08:38:16Z
Modified
2026-09-04T11:45:44Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Apache Neethi: Circular Policy Reference Infinite Loop
Details

Apache Neethi does not properly detect circular references in policy definitions. When a WS-Policy document contains circular policy references (where Policy A references Policy B which references Policy A), the policy normalization process can enter an infinite loop or cause excessive recursion, leading to a stack overflow or application hang. An attacker can craft malicious policy documents with circular references to cause a Denial of Service condition

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "apache",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-400"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42403.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "3.2.2"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/apache/ws-neethi

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/apache/ws-neethi
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
768b735078930d4f02ba5e31fae8458e3b8a6d01
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:neethi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.2.2"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-42403.json"