medium6.5
CVE-2026-59278
JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper include java.net in their default trusted packages list.
Impact
JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper include java.net in their default trusted packages list. When these mappers are used — which is the default configuration for all @KafkaListener consumers — an external Kafka producer can inject a java.net.InetAddress type via the spring_json_header_types message header. Spring for Apache Kafka 4.1.0 Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0 - 4.0.6 Spring for Apache Kafka 3.0.0 - 3.3.16 Spring for Apache Kafka 2.9.0 - 2.9.14 Spring for Apache Kafka 2.8.12 and earlier
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Spring For Apache Kafka | before 2.8.13 from 2.9.0 before 2.9.15 from 3.0.0 before 3.3.17 from 4.0.0 before 4.0.6.1 from 4.1.0 before 4.1.0.1 |