apache/ws-neethi · Security
Apache Neethi doesn't impose any restrictions on URIs when manually fetching remote policy references through the PolicyReference API
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-287c-fxr7-3w6c
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-42404
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 6.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 6.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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.
CWEs
- CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)