Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Apache Neethi - CVE-2026-42402
Published: August 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU145295
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-42402
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to unbounded resource allocation in policy normalization when parsing specially crafted WS-Policy documents. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted WS-Policy document to cause a denial of service.
The issue can exhaust the JVM heap during normalization because an exponential Cartesian cross-product expansion generates an excessive number of policy alternatives.
Affected software
Apache Neethi
Red Hat Camel for Spring Boot
Red Hat Camel for Spring Boot
How to mitigate CVE-2026-42402
Install security update from vendor's website.
Apache Neethi - update to 3.2.2
Red Hat Camel for Spring Boot - update to 4.14
Red Hat Camel for Spring Boot - update to 4.14