Apache Neethi doesn't impose any restrictions on URIs when manually fetching remote policy references through the PolicyReference API

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...

CVE-2026-42404 Apache Neethi: Unrestricted HTTP Redirect Following in Policy References

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...

CVE-2026-42404

CVE-2026-42404 — Apache Neethi : The PolicyReference API allows an application calling a remote policy reference to initiate outbound requests to arbitrary protocols/IPs, with no URI restrictions pre-3.2.2. Reports indicate the issue enables unrestricted HTTP redirection when fetching remote poli...