high7.5
CVE-2026-41850
Applications that evaluate user-supplied Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions are vulnerable to an Algorithmic Denial of Service (DoS).
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.springframework:spring-expression | >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.7 | 7.0.8 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Spring Framework | from 5.3.0 before 5.3.49 from 6.1.0 before 6.1.28 from 6.2.0 before 6.2.18.1 from 7.0.0 before 7.0.7.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r5w3-xv2f-j59q
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41850
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41850
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v6.2.19
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v7.0.8