CVE-2026-42404

published 2026-05-01

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…

Priority P3 48 high 7.2 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S C C L I L A N

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.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apache	neethi	< 3.2.2	3.2.2
apache	neethi	—	—
apache_software_foundation	apache_neethi	< 3.2.2	3.2.2

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.2 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

vendor_redhat 7.2 HIGH

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