CVE-2026-40988 (GCVE-0-2026-40988)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 23:46 – Updated: 2026-06-09 23:46
VLAI
Title
Unbounded DEFLATE Inflation in SAML 2.0 Service Provider
Summary
An application using spring-security-saml2-service-provider and the REDIRECT binding for SAML 2.0 Login or Logout may be vulnerable to a denial of service by way of an unbounded writer that inflates the compressed SAML payload into memory.
Affected versions:
Spring Security 5.7.0 through 5.7.23; 5.8.0 through 5.8.25; 6.3.0 through 6.3.16; 6.4.0 through 6.4.16; 6.5.0 through 6.5.10; 7.0.0 through 7.0.5.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Spring Security |
Affected:
5.7.0 , < 5.7.24
(custom)
Affected: 5.8.0 , < 5.8.26 (custom) Affected: 6.3.0 , < 6.3.17 (custom) Affected: 6.4.0 , < 6.4.17 (custom) Affected: 6.5.0 , < 6.5.11 (custom) Affected: 7.0.0 , < 7.0.6 (custom) |
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