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GHSA-5m4m-73w9-8433 — spring-data-commons

MEDIUM

GHSA-5m4m-73w9-8433 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.9) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons. A fix is available for org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Spring Data Commons: Denial of Service via excessive memory allocation in projection binding

Also known asCVE-2026-41721
Published
Jun 10, 2026
Updated
Sep 10, 2026
Affected
5 pkgs
Patched
2 / 5
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Sep 26, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-5m4m-73w9-8433.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs36th percentile — riskier than 36% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

GHSA-5m4m-73w9-8433 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 379,842 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Real-World Exposure

5 pkgs affected
☕org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons☕org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons☕org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons☕org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons☕org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Spring Data Commons contains a vulnerability that can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition if Spring Data Web Support is enabled in conjunction with a Controller method using @ProjectedPayload, when an attacker sends a specially crafted HTTP request that causes the application to allocate lots of memory.

Affected versions: Spring Data Commons 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.5.0 through 3.5.11; 3.4.0 through 3.4.14; 3.3.0 through 3.3.16; 3.2.0 through 3.2.15; 3.1.0 through 3.1.14; 3.0.0 through 3.0.15; 2.7.0 through 2.7.19.

Affected Packages

5 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
☕Mavenorg.springframework.data:spring-data-commons≥ 4.0.0&&< 4.0.64.0.6org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:4.0.6
☕Mavenorg.springframework.data:spring-data-commons≥ 3.5.0&&< 3.5.123.5.12org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:3.5.12
☕Mavenorg.springframework.data:spring-data-commons≥ 3.4.0No fix
☕Mavenorg.springframework.data:spring-data-commons≥ 3.0.0No fix
☕Mavenorg.springframework.data:spring-data-commonsall versionsNo fix

Affected Products

1 product · 8 configurations
Application
spring data commonsbroadcom
≥ 4.0.0 && ≤ 3.2.15
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons to 4.0.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-5m4m-73w9-8433 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Fixing This On Your OS

If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.

Red HatModerate

A flaw was found in Spring Data Commons. A specially crafted HTTP request to an endpoint using @ProjectedPayload can cause excessive memory allocation, leading to denial of service. Exploitation requires Spring Data Web Support to be enabled and a controller method to use the @ProjectedPayload annotation.

Workaround published by Red Hat
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Source: Red Hat security advisory for GHSA-5m4m-73w9-8433 (CC BY 4.0)

Frequently Asked Questions

Spring Data Commons contains a vulnerability that can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition if Spring Data Web Support is enabled in conjunction with a Controller method using @ProjectedPayload, when an attacker sends a specially crafted HTTP request that causes the application to allocate lots of memory. Affected versions: Spring Data Commons 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.5.0 through 3.5.11; 3.4.0 through 3.4.14; 3.3.0 through 3.3.16; 3.2.0 through 3.2.15; 3.1.0 through 3.1.14; 3.0.0 through 3.0.15; 2.7.0 through 2.7.19.
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