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CVE-2026-66142 Apache Neethi

Affected softwareApache Neethi
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.1
WeaknessUncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400)
Published24 Jul 2026
Updated24 Oct 2026

Description

Apache Neethi is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion when parsing policies that lack policy Ids or with deeply nested structures, which may lead to a denial of service attack when parsing policies due to runtime memory exhaustion. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.3, which fixes this issue.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.74% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2026 ↗ CPU 2026-Q4 Oracle Construction and Engineering / Platform (Apache Neethi) (21.12.0-21.12.17, 22.12.0-22.12.15, 23.12.0-23.12.16, 24.12.0-24.12.16, 25.12.0-25.12.9)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Construction and Engineering Platform (Apache Neethi) 21.12.0-21.12.17, 22.12.0-22.12.15, 23.12.0-23.12.16, 24.12.0-24.12.16, 25.12.0-25.12.9

Products and versions

1 product, 1 version entry
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apache neethi generic < 3.2.3

References

URLTags
https://lists.apache.org/thread/fomwtwt4pzzhxn4fyn3skykto913vfzt Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/24/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2026-07-24By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-10-24NVD's own last-modified date for this record.