Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.springframework:spring-core package, versions [5.3.0, 6.0.0)[6.1.0, 6.2.19)[7.0.0-M1, 7.0.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORK-17255206
  • published9 Jun 2026
  • disclosed8 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-41851  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.springframework:spring-core to version 6.0.0, 6.2.19, 7.0.8 or higher.

Overview

org.springframework:spring-core is a core package within the spring-framework that contains multiple classes and utilities.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via caching of parsed Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions. An attacker can cause denial of service by supplying crafted user-controlled SpEL expressions that trigger unbounded growth of the expression cache. Over time, repeated evaluations can consume excessive memory, eventually leading to memory exhaustion and application unavailability.

Note: Exploitation typically requires a large number of expression evaluations, potentially millions of requests, even when reusing a single expression with dynamic inputs.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1