CVE-2026-41721: Spring Data Commons: Denial of Service via excessive memory allocation in projection binding

June 10, 2026 (updated August 12, 2026)

Spring Data Commons contains a vulnerability that can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition if Spring Data Web Support is enabled in conjunction with a Controller method using @ProjectedPayload, when an attacker sends a specially crafted HTTP request that causes the application to allocate lots of memory.

Affected versions: Spring Data Commons 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.5.0 through 3.5.11; 3.4.0 through 3.4.14; 3.3.0 through 3.3.16; 3.2.0 through 3.2.15; 3.1.0 through 3.1.14; 3.0.0 through 3.0.15; 2.7.0 through 2.7.19.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-5m4m-73w9-8433
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-2026-41721
spring.io/security/cve-2026-41721

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