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SCA: security update for org.apache.neethi:neethi (GHSA-g36m-9g3m-2vmp)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441478

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Apache Neethi is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack through algorithmic complexity in policy
 normalization. Specially crafted WS-Policy documents can trigger an exponential Cartesian cross-product
 expansion during the normalization process, causing unbounded memory allocation that exhausts the JVM
 heap. This occurs when the normalization process generates an excessive number of policy alternatives
 without bounds, leading to runtime memory exhaustion. Users should upgrade to 3.2.2 which limits the
 maximum number of normalized policy alternatives. (CVE-2026-42402)

Solution

Update the org.apache.neethi:neethi library and its related packages to version 3.2.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g36m-9g3m-2vmp

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 441478

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/7/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42402

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42402

cwe: CWE-400