Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection') Affecting org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-core package, versions [,4.5.12)[5.0.0-M1,5.0.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORKDATA-18326291
  • published27 Jul 2026
  • disclosed10 Jun 2026
  • creditDaehyun Kang

Introduced: 10 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-41729  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-917  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-core to version 4.5.12, 5.0.6 or higher.

Overview

org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-core is a Spring Data REST.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection'). in the processing of JSON Patch requests containing map-typed properties. An attacker can execute arbitrary SpEL expressions by supplying crafted map keys in the JSON Pointer path segment.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1