Spring Framework Algorithmic Denial of Service via SpEL Expressions
GHSA-r5w3-xv2f-j59q · CVE-2026-41850
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Description
Applications that evaluate user-supplied Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions are vulnerable to an Algorithmic Denial of Service (DoS). By providing a specially crafted expression, an attacker can trigger excessive resource consumption during evaluation, leading to application degradation or unavailability.
Affected versions:
Spring Framework 7.0.0 through 7.0.7; 6.2.0 through 6.2.18; 6.1.0 through 6.1.27; 5.3.0 through 5.3.48.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41850
- PACKAGE https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework
- WEB https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v6.2.19
- WEB https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v7.0.8
- WEB https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41850
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