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Spring Data Commons Denial of Service via Data Binding

MEDIUM | JUNE 09, 2026 | CVE-2026-41721

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 Spring Products and Versions

Spring Data Commons:

  • 4.0.0 - 4.0.5
  • 3.5.0 - 3.5.11
  • 3.4.0 - 3.4.14
  • 3.0.0 - 3.3.16
  • 2.7.19 and earlier

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version.
Fix versionAvailability
4.0.6OSS
4.0.5.1Enterprise Support Only
3.5.12OSS
3.5.11.1Enterprise Support Only
3.4.15Enterprise Support Only
3.3.17Enterprise Support Only
2.7.20Enterprise Support Only

No further mitigation steps are necessary.

References

History

  • 2026-06-09: Initial vulnerability report published.

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