GHSA-xvfq-4q6q-gxx7
In Spring for Apache Kafka, unbounded delegate cache keyed on user-controlled, potentially malicious selector header
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-41726
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
When an application opts into DelegatingDeserializer, a producer can grow the consumer's heap without bound by sending records with unique random spring.kafka.serialization.selector header values, eventually causing GC thrash and OutOfMemoryError. 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-2026-41726 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-kafka/issues/4489 WEB
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-kafka/commit/ca2337ba789c5778a10197bda17a62915247ff6c WEB
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-kafka PACKAGE
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41726 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |