Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka package, versions [,3.3.16)[4.0.0-M1,4.0.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

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EPSS
0.29% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORKKAFKA-17279506
  • published10 Jun 2026
  • disclosed10 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-41726  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka to version 3.3.16, 4.0.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the DelegatingDeserializer function. An attacker can exhaust system memory by sending records with unique, random spring.kafka.serialization.selector header values, leading to unbounded cache growth and potential denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1