CVE detail
CVE-2026-66142
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.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 10.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 2
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 2
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
2 source links · newest first
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/24/8www.openwall.com
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Exploitwww.openwall.comJul 24, 2026, 1:18 PM - https://lists.apache.org/thread/fomwtwt4pzzhxn4fyn3skykto913vfztlists.apache.org
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Vendor Advisorylists.apache.orgJul 24, 2026, 1:18 PM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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