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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in org.springframework:spring-core

CVE-2026-41851

  • org.springframework:spring-core
High
7.5/10

Summary

Applications which accept user-supplied Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack if the evaluation of a SpEL expression triggers unbounded cache growth. Affected are all versions of 5.3.x, 6.1.x prior to 6.2.19 and 7.0.x prior to 7.0.8.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published