CVE-2026-41729
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
10/06/2026
Last modified:
22/06/2026
Description
Spring Data REST is vulnerable to SpEL expression injection through map-typed properties when processing JSON Patch (application/json-patch+json) requests. When a persistent entity exposes a Map-typed property, the JSON Pointer path segment used as the map key is embedded directly into a SpEL expression without sanitization or validation.<br />
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Affected versions:<br />
Spring Data REST 3.7.0 through 3.7.19; 4.3.0 through 4.3.16; 4.4.0 through 4.4.14; 4.5.0 through 4.5.11; 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
8.10
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_data_rest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.7.0 (including) | 3.7.19 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_data_rest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.3.0 (including) | 4.3.16 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_data_rest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.4.0 (including) | 4.4.14 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_data_rest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.5.0 (including) | 4.5.11 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_data_rest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.0 (including) | 5.0.5 (including) |
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