CVE-2026-41850 PUBLISHED

Spring Framework Algorithmic Denial of Service via SpEL Expressions

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

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

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

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-2026-41850

Problem Types

CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity CWE

Impacts

An attacker who can supply user-controlled SpEL expressions can provide a specially crafted expression that triggers excessive resource consumption during evaluation, leading to application degradation or unavailability.