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CVSS 6.5 · MEDIUM

CVE-2026-42404

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.

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Severity

Score: 6.5(MEDIUM)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV: NETWORK
AC: LOW
PR: NONE
UI: NONE
S: UNCHANGED
C: LOW
I: LOW
A: NONE
Weakness (CWE): CWE-918

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0003 (0.0%)
Percentile: 7.5%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

apache:neethi

Technical 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.

Published: 5/1/2026, 11:16:19 AM
Last modified: 5/1/2026, 6:06:24 PM

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