GHSA-wxpp-56q6-5pcg
Spring Framework Denial of Service via Unbounded Cache in SpEL
Quick fix
GHSA-wxpp-56q6-5pcg — org.springframework:spring-expression: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
# pom.xml: bump <version>7.0.8</version> for org.springframework:spring-expressionDetails
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 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.
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Affected packages
7.0.0 Fixed in: 7.0.8 # pom.xml: bump <version>7.0.8</version> for org.springframework:spring-expression 6.2.0 Fixed in: 6.2.19 # pom.xml: bump <version>6.2.19</version> for org.springframework:spring-expression 6.1.0 No fixed version published yet for org.springframework:spring-expression (maven). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.
0 No fixed version published yet for org.springframework:spring-expression (maven). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41851 [ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/2c18c33ce0f89bf718c184190cfb7ed49b4276fb [WEB]
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/76a36dfd707cddbe7118a81c2e055b36501d2cff [WEB]
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework [PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v6.2.19 [WEB]
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v7.0.8 [WEB]
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41851 [WEB]