Spring HATEOAS Collection+JSON/UBER deserializers do not honor Jackson configuration

HIGH | JUNE 08, 2026 | CVE-2026-41006

Description

Spring HATEOAS's internal PropertyUtils.createObjectFromProperties method, used by the Collection+JSON and UBER media type deserializers, performs bean property binding via reflection without consulting Jackson access-control annotations.

Affected applications are those that have enabled the COLLECTION_JSON or UBER hypermedia type (via @EnableHypermediaSupport or auto-configuration), expose a controller accepting a RepresentationModel subclass or EntityModel as @RequestBody, and whose bound model type exposes a setter for a security-sensitive property protected only through Jackson annotations rather than by the absence of a setter.

Affected Spring Products and Versions

Spring HATEOAS:

  • 3.0.0 - 3.0.3
  • 2.5.0 - 2.5.2
  • 2.4.0 - 2.4.1
  • 2.3.0 - 2.3.4
  • 1.5.6 and earlier

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version.
Fix versionAvailability
3.0.4OSS
3.0.3.1Enterprise Support Only
2.5.3OSS
2.5.2.1Enterprise Support Only
2.4.2Enterprise Support Only
2.3.5Enterprise Support Only
1.5.7Enterprise Support Only

No further mitigation steps are necessary.

History

  • 2026-06-08: Initial vulnerability report published.

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