CVE-2026-42404CWE-918

Apache Neethi: Unrestricted HTTP Redirect Following in Policy References

Medium · published May 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00578 · 46.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published
2026-05-01T09:46Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAY 09:46Z
    Apache Neethi: Unrestricted HTTP Redirect Following in Policy References
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