High severity · published Jun 9, 2026
CVE-2026-41716
Spring Data web support unbounded negative-result cache keyed on attacker-supplied property names
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Spring Data's internal property-lookup cache accepts and permanently retains attacker-supplied strings as cache keys, allowing heap exhaustion through repeated requests.
Affected versions:
Spring Data Commons 2.7.0 through 2.7.19; 3.3.0 through 3.3.16; 3.4.0 through 3.4.14; 3.5.0 through 3.5.11; 4.0.0 through 4.0.5.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SD
Spring Data Commons · Spring
2.7.0 before 2.7.20; 3.3.0 before 3.3.17; 3.4.0 before 3.4.15; 3.5.0 before 3.5.11.1; 4.0.0 before 4.0.5.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41716
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41716
Vendor Advisory
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41716
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