GHSA-53w6-v7cv-fc9h
Spring for Apache Kafka: Improper Validation of Retry Topic Header Values Leads to Retry Sequence Manipulation
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-41727
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
Spring Kafka's retry topic infrastructure did not sufficiently validate user-controlled header values before acting on them. A producer could send a record with a crafted retry_topic-attempts header to supply an out-of-range attempt count and cause the retry topic router to misidentify where the message was in the retry sequence. Affected versions: Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.3.0 through 3.3.15; 3.2.0 through 3.2.13; 2.9.0 through 2.9.13; 2.8.0 through 2.8.11.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka | introduced 4.0.0, fixed 4.0.6 |
| Maven · org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka | introduced 3.3.0, fixed 3.3.16 |
| Maven · org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka | introduced 3.2.0, last affected 3.2.13 |
| Maven · org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka | introduced 2.9.0, last affected 2.9.13 |
| Maven · org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka | introduced 0, last affected 2.8.11 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41727 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-kafka PACKAGE
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-kafka/releases/tag/v3.3.16 WEB
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-kafka/releases/tag/v4.0.6 WEB
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41727 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |