Apache Neethi: Unrestricted HTTP Redirect Following in Policy References

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42404",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Apache Neethi: Unrestricted HTTP Redirect Following in Policy References",
    "summary": "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.",
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            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-42404.json"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:52.103967497Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42404.json",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread/zdspnt64zznyjyn648553kptx69w23oq",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42404"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 520929,
  "published_at": "2026-05-01T09:46:49.958+00:00"
}