CVE-2026-41844 PUBLISHED

Spring Framework Open Redirect in Spring MVC and WebFlux

Assigner: vmware
Reserved: 22.04.2026 Published: 09.06.2026 Updated: 09.06.2026

A Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux application which configures a mapping for "/**" where the view name is not explicitly specified allows an attacker to craft a link resulting in a 302 redirect to an arbitrary external host via the redirect: prefix.

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.2

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	High	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Spring
Product	Spring Framework
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 7.0.0 to 7.0.8 (excl.) affected from 6.2.0 to 6.2.19 (excl.) affected from 6.1.0 to 6.1.28 (excl.) affected from 5.3.0 to 5.3.49 (excl.)

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41844

Problem Types

CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect) CWE

Impacts

An attacker can craft a URL that causes a 302 redirect to an arbitrary external host or an internal forward via the redirect: or forward: prefixes in Spring MVC and WebFlux wildcard mappings.