CVE-2026-41850

Applications that evaluate user-supplied Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions are vulnerable to an Algorithmic Denial of Service (DoS). By providing a specially crafted expression, an attacker can trigger excessive resource consumption during evaluation, leading to application degradation or unavailability. Affected versions: Spring Framework 7.0.0 through 7.0.7; 6.2.0 through 6.2.18; 6.1.0 through 6.1.27; 5.3.0 through 5.3.48.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41850	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

09 Jun 2026, 20:36

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Vmware Vmware spring Framework
References	~~() https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41850 -~~	() https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41850 - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework::::::::

09 Jun 2026, 05:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-09 05:16

Updated : 2026-06-09 20:36

NVD link : CVE-2026-41850

Mitre link : CVE-2026-41850

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-41850

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vmware

spring_framework

CWE

CWE-407

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

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