Vulnerability · Published Apr 29, 2026 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2026-22745CVE-2026-22745 : Denial of service in static resource handling on Windows platforms
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Spring Framework from VMware. 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 28% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Spring MVC and WebFlux applications are vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks when resolving static resources. More precisely, an application can be vulnerable when all the following are true: * the application is using Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux * the application is serving static resources from the file system * the application is running on a Windows platform When all the conditions above are met, the attacker can send malicious requests that are slow to resolve and that can keep HTTP connections in use. This can cause a Denial of Service on the application.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.springframework:spring-webflux | 7.0.7 | GHSA-6p4f-wcwh-5vvm |
| Maven | org.springframework:spring-webflux | 6.2.18 | GHSA-6p4f-wcwh-5vvm |
| Maven | org.springframework:spring-webflux | no fix listed | GHSA-6p4f-wcwh-5vvm |
| Maven | org.springframework:spring-webflux | no fix listed | GHSA-6p4f-wcwh-5vvm |
| Maven | org.springframework:spring-webmvc | 7.0.7 | GHSA-6p4f-wcwh-5vvm |
| Maven | org.springframework:spring-webmvc | 6.2.18 | GHSA-6p4f-wcwh-5vvm |
| Maven | org.springframework:spring-webmvc | no fix listed | GHSA-6p4f-wcwh-5vvm |
| Maven | org.springframework:spring-webmvc | no fix listed | GHSA-6p4f-wcwh-5vvm |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | Spring Framework | 7.0.0 – before 7.0.76.2.0 – before 6.2.186.1.0 – before 6.1.275.3.0 – before 5.3.48 |
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L