CVE-2026-41869
Apache Nutch: Unauthenticated forced shutdown and job interruption in Nutch Server (Nutch REST API)
Missing Authorization, Improper Resource Shutdown and Job Interruption vulnerability in Apache Nutch Server (Nutch REST API).
This issue affects Apache Nutch: from 1.10 through 1.22.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.23, which removes the Nutch Server. If an upgrade is not possible, user must restrict access to instances running the Nutch Service to trusted users only. Please, also visit the Apache Nutch security advisories https://nutch.apache.org/documentation/security/ .
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Apache Nutch: Unauthenticated forced shutdown and job interruption in Nutch Server (Nutch REST API)
Missing Authorization, Improper Resource Shutdown and Job Interruption vulnerability in Apache Nutch Server (Nutch REST API).
This issue affects Apache Nutch: from 1.10 through 1.22.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.23, which removes the Nutch Server. If an upgrade is not possible, user must restrict access to instances running the Nutch Service to trusted users only. Please, also visit the Apache Nutch security advisories https://nutch.apache.org/documentation/security/ .
- Record
CVE-2026-41869- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862, CWE-404
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-74802
Missing Authorization, Improper Resource Shutdown and Job Interruption vulnerability in Apache Nutch Server (Nutch REST API).
This issue affects Apache Nutch: from 1.10 through 1.22.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.23, which removes the Nutch Server. If an upgrade is not possible, user must restrict access to instances running the Nutch Service to trusted users only. Please, also visit the Apache Nutch security advisories https://nutch.apache.org/documentation/security/ .
- Record
EUVD-2026-74802- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3fr3-2597-3735
Missing Authorization, Improper Resource Shutdown and Job Interruption vulnerability in Apache...
Missing Authorization, Improper Resource Shutdown and Job Interruption vulnerability in Apache Nutch Server (Nutch REST API).
This issue affects Apache Nutch: from 1.10 through 1.22.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.23, which removes the Nutch Server. If an upgrade is not possible, user must restrict access to instances running the Nutch Service to trusted users only. Please, also visit the Apache Nutch security advisories https://nutch.apache.org/documentation/security/ .
- Record
GHSA-3fr3-2597-3735- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-404
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Missing Authorization, Improper Resource Shutdown and Job Interruption vulnerability in Apache Nutch Server (Nutch REST API).
This issue affects Apache Nutch: from 1.10 through 1.22.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.23, which removes the Nutch Server. If an upgrade is not possible, user must restrict access to instances running the Nutch Service to trusted users only. Please, also visit the Apache Nutch security advisories https://nutch.apache.org/documentation/security/ .
- Record
CVE-2026-41869- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-404, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-41869 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Apache Nutch, published September 9, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.72%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.