Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2026-41721Spring Data Commons Denial of Service via Data Binding

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Spring Data Commons from Spring. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Spring Data Commons contains a vulnerability that can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition if Spring Data Web Support is enabled in conjunction with a Controller method using @ProjectedPayload, when an attacker sends a specially crafted HTTP request that causes the application to allocate lots of memory. Affected versions: Spring Data Commons 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.5.0 through 3.5.11; 3.4.0 through 3.4.14; 3.3.0 through 3.3.16; 3.2.0 through 3.2.15; 3.1.0 through 3.1.14; 3.0.0 through 3.0.15; 2.7.0 through 2.7.19.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavenorg.springframework.data:spring-data-commons4.0.6GHSA-5m4m-73w9-8433
Mavenorg.springframework.data:spring-data-commons3.5.12GHSA-5m4m-73w9-8433
Mavenorg.springframework.data:spring-data-commonsno fix listedGHSA-5m4m-73w9-8433
Mavenorg.springframework.data:spring-data-commonsno fix listedGHSA-5m4m-73w9-8433
Mavenorg.springframework.data:spring-data-commonsno fix listedGHSA-5m4m-73w9-8433

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Spring Spring Data Commons 4.0.0 – before 4.0.5.13.5.0 – before 3.5.11.13.4.0 – before 3.4.153.3.0 – before 3.3.173.2.0 – before 3.2.163.1.0 – before 3.1.153.0.0 – before 3.0.162.7.0 – before 2.7.20

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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