Spring Framework Denial of Service via Integer Overflow in SpEL Expressions (Spring Spring Framework)

CVE-2026-41849
HIGH 7.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.26 % · percentile 18 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
vmware
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the evaluation logic of the Spring Expression Language (SpEL). An attacker can exploit this by supplying a specially crafted SpEL expression that triggers excessive resource consumption, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Affected versions: Spring Framework 5.3.0 through 5.3.48.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hvmware
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · security@vmware.com (Secondary)

Advisories

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Spring · Spring Frameworkaffected 5.3.0 < 5.3.49

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD