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Spring Framework Open Redirect in Spring MVC and WebFlux

MEDIUM | JUNE 08, 2026 | CVE-2026-41844

Description

A Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux application which configures a mapping for "/**" where the view name is not explicitly specified allows an attacker to craft a link resulting in a 302 redirect to an arbitrary external host via the redirect: prefix.

Spring MVC applications with the same preconditions also allow an attacker to craft a link resulting in an internal redirect via the forward: prefix.

Affected Spring Products and Versions

Spring Framework:

  • 7.0.0 - 7.0.7
  • 6.2.0 - 6.2.18
  • 6.1.0 - 6.1.27
  • 5.3.48 and earlier

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version.
Fix versionAvailability
7.0.8OSS
7.0.7.1Enterprise Support Only
6.2.19OSS
6.2.18.1Enterprise Support Only
6.1.28Enterprise Support Only
5.3.49Enterprise Support Only

No further mitigation steps are necessary.

Credit

This issue was discovered internally.

References

History

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

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