Severity by source
Network-reachable pure CPU-exhaustion DoS (A:H only); AC:H because realistic exploitation is gated on the app feeding untrusted WS-Policy into Neethi's intersection path, PR:N as no auth is inherent to the flaw.
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Denial of service in Apache Neethi (org.apache.neethi:neethi) before 3.2.4, where a specially crafted pair of WS-Policy documents drives the policy-intersection routine into an exponential amount of computation and pins CPU for an extended period. The vulnerability is remotely reachable without authentication (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), but exploitation requires that a consuming application actually performs policy intersection against at least one attacker-supplied policy document - typically a SOAP/WS-* stack such as Apache CXF, Axis2, or WSS4J negotiating client policy against its own. …
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| Exploitation | Requires an application that embeds Apache Neethi (before 3.2.4) and performs WS-Policy intersection on at least one attacker-supplied policy document - typically a SOAP/WS-* service using Apache CXF, Axis2, or WSS4J that negotiates or compares client-provided WS-Policy against its own. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | No vendor or NVD CVSS vector, CWE, EPSS score, or KEV entry is available for this CVE at time of analysis, so quantitative signals are absent and the ASF-assigned severity of 'moderate' is the only vendor rating provided. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Vendor-released patch: upgrade Apache Neethi to version 3.2.4 or later (Maven coordinate org.apache.neethi:neethi). … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
Recommended ActionAI
Within 24 hours, inventory every application and service that embeds org.apache.neethi:neethi - directly or transitively through Apache CXF, Axis2, or WSS4J - and determine which of them perform WS-Policy intersection against externally supplied policy documents; disable or restrict that negotiation path where business requirements permit, and place request-size, CPU, and wall-clock timeout limits plus rate limiting in front of any internet-facing SOAP endpoint. …
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