Vulnerability · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2026-59311Fixed predictable /tmp/ziptransformer work directory enables symlink pre-creation

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Spring Integration from Spring. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A local unprivileged user on the same host can redirect all Zip/UnZip transformer output into a directory of their choosing by pre-creating /tmp/ziptransformer as a symlink before the application starts. Spring Integration 7.1.0 Spring Integration 7.0.0 - 7.0.5 Spring Integration 6.5.0 - 6.5.10 Spring Integration 6.4.0 - 6.4.12

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Spring Spring Integration 7.1.07.0.0 – through 7.0.56.5.0 – through 6.5.106.4.0 – through 6.4.12

Weakness: CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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