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Spring Data REST JSON Patch bypasses Jackson read-only property protection on nested objects and collections

HIGH | JUNE 09, 2026 | CVE-2026-41728

Description

Spring Data REST's JSON Patch (application/json-patch+json) implementation does not apply the write-access filter to intermediate path segments when resolving a multi-segment JSON Pointer.

Affected applications are those whose domain model includes an embeddable object, collection, or map property whose container is marked read-only at the Jackson level while the inner element type carries no per-field restriction.

Affected Spring Products and Versions

Spring Data REST:

  • 5.0.0 - 5.0.5
  • 4.5.0 - 4.5.11
  • 4.4.0 - 4.4.14
  • 4.3.0 - 4.3.16
  • 3.7.19 and earlier

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version.
Fix versionAvailability
5.0.6OSS
5.0.5.1Enterprise Support Only
4.5.12OSS
4.5.11.1Enterprise Support Only
4.4.15Enterprise Support Only
4.3.17Enterprise Support Only
3.7.20Enterprise Support Only

No further mitigation steps are necessary.

References

History

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

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