CVE-2026-41871

Q: How do I fix CVE-2026-41871?

Upgrade nutch to 1.23 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2026-41871 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-41871 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.78% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 54% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2026-41871?

CVE-2026-41871 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2026-41871 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for nutch (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Missing Authorization, Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') 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/ .

CWE-470 CWE-862Missing Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

nutchNVD

Affected:>= 1.10, < 1.23Fixed in:1.23CVE-2026-41871derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.78%probability of exploitation in 30 days

54thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 54% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

lists.apache.org

Third-Party Advisory1

openwall.com

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-41871?

Upgrade nutch to 1.23 or later.

Is CVE-2026-41871 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-41871 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.78% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 54% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-41871?

CVE-2026-41871 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-41871 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for nutch (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-09-10.