GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-287c-fxr7-3w6c Apache Neethi doesn't impose any restrictions on URIs when manually fetching remote policy references through the PolicyReference API

MEDIUM Published 2026-05-01 Modified 2026-05-07 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-42404
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.neethi:neethi
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-918
Reviewed
2026-05-07

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.neethi:neethi: < 3.2.2 → fixed in 3.2.2

Description

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-42404 Apache Neethi does not impose any restrictions on URIs when manually fetching remote policy references through the PolicyReference API. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery weakness

References