{"id":"CVE-2026-41697","title":"Spring Data Relational does not properly escape binding values of externally-controlled input when using StringMatcher (STARTING, ENDING, or CONTAINING) in Query By Example (QBE)","summary":"Spring Data Relational does not properly escape binding values of externally-controlled input when using StringMatcher (STARTING, ENDING, or CONTAINING) in Query By Example (QBE). An attacker can supply wildcard characters to perform boo…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-943"],"vendor":"broadcom","product":"spring_data_relational","affected":["spring_data_relational < 2.4.20","spring_data_relational >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.17","spring_data_relational >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.15","spring_data_relational >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.11.1","spring_data_relational >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5.1"],"patched":["spring_data_relational 4.0.5.1"],"published":"2026-06-10","updated":"2026-09-04","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41697","references":[{"url":"https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41697","label":"security@vmware.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00227,"epssPercentile":0.13735,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-05T13:39:54.877Z","slug":"CVE-2026-41697","body":"## Overview\n\nSpring Data Relational does not properly escape binding values of externally-controlled input when using StringMatcher (STARTING, ENDING, or CONTAINING) in Query By Example (QBE). An attacker can supply wildcard characters to perform boolean-based blind data inference.\n\nAffected versions:\nSpring Data Relational/JDBC/R2DBC 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; 2.4.0 through 2.4.19.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `spring_data_relational < 2.4.20`\n- `spring_data_relational >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.17`\n- `spring_data_relational >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.15`\n- `spring_data_relational >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.11.1`\n- `spring_data_relational >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `spring_data_relational 4.0.5.1`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":26,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":26.4,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}