Resource exhaustion in Apache Neethi - CVE-2026-66144
Published: August 24, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU144746
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-66144
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource control in the remote PolicyReference retrieval API when manually retrieving remote policy references. A remote user can retrieve a huge remote policy to cause a denial of service.
Remote policy references are not retrieved during policy normalization.
Affected software
Apache Neethi
IBM App Connect Enterprise
IBM App Connect Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2026-66144
Install security update from vendor's website.
Apache Neethi - update to 3.2.3
IBM App Connect Enterprise - update to 13.0.8.2
IBM App Connect Enterprise - update to 13.0.8.2