Unbounded recursion over attacker-controlled PDF outline tree in Spring AI PDF Document Reader

HIGH | AUGUST 20, 2026 | CVE-2026-47851

Description

Analyzing a PDF with a deeply nested or cyclic table of contents can cause a StackOverflowError in the ingestion thread.

Affected Spring Products and Versions

Spring AI:

  • 2.0.0 - 2.0.0
  • 1.1.0 - 1.1.8
  • 1.0.0 - 1.0.9

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version.
Fix versionAvailability
2.0.0.1Enterprise Support Only
1.1.9Enterprise Support Only
1.0.10Enterprise Support Only

No further mitigation steps are necessary.

History

  • 2026-08-20: Initial vulnerability report published.

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