CVE-2026-41729 (GCVE-0-2026-41729)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 23:49 – Updated: 2026-06-09 23:49
VLAI
Title
Spring Data REST SpEL Injection via Map Key in JSON Patch
Summary
Spring Data REST is vulnerable to SpEL expression injection through map-typed properties when processing JSON Patch (application/json-patch+json) requests. When a persistent entity exposes a Map-typed property, the JSON Pointer path segment used as the map key is embedded directly into a SpEL expression without sanitization or validation.
Affected versions:
Spring Data REST 3.7.0 through 3.7.19; 4.3.0 through 4.3.16; 4.4.0 through 4.4.14; 4.5.0 through 4.5.11; 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CWE
- CWE-917 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection)
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Spring Data REST |
Affected:
3.7.0 , < 3.7.20
(custom)
Affected: 4.3.0 , < 4.3.17 (custom) Affected: 4.4.0 , < 4.4.15 (custom) Affected: 4.5.0 , < 4.5.12 (custom) Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.6 (custom) |
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