CVE-2026-41716: Spring Data Commons: Heap exhaustion from unbounded property-lookup cache retaining crafted string keys

June 10, 2026 (updated August 12, 2026)

Spring Data’s internal property-lookup cache accepts and permanently retains attacker-supplied strings as cache keys, allowing heap exhaustion through repeated requests.

Affected versions: Spring Data Commons 2.7.0 through 2.7.19; 3.3.0 through 3.3.16; 3.4.0 through 3.4.14; 3.5.0 through 3.5.11; 4.0.0 through 4.0.5.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-9fw2-h3hf-293r
github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-commons/releases/tag/3.5.12
github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-commons/releases/tag/4.0.6
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41716
spring.io/security/cve-2026-41716

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