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GHSA-J388-8RM5-P97F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-10 00:31 – Updated: 2026-06-10 00:31

Details

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)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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CVE-2026-41729 (GCVE-0-2026-41729)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 23:49 – Updated: 2026-06-09 23:49

Title

Spring Data REST SpEL Injection via Map Key in JSON Patch

Summary

Severity

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-917 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection)

Assigner

vmware

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41729

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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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-J388-8RM5-P97F

CVE-2026-41729 (GCVE-0-2026-41729)

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