{"id":"CVE-2026-41729","title":"Spring Data REST is vulnerable to SpEL expression injection through map-typed properties when processing JSON Patch (application/json-patch+json) requests","summary":"Spring Data REST is vulnerable to SpEL expression injection through map-typed properties when processing JSON Patch (application/json-patch+json) requests. When a persistent entity exposes a Map-typed property, the JSON Pointer path segm…","severity":"high","cvss":8.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","cwe":["CWE-917"],"vendor":"vmware","product":"spring_data_rest","affected":["spring_data_rest >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.20","spring_data_rest >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.17","spring_data_rest >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.15","spring_data_rest >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.11.1","spring_data_rest >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.5.1"],"patched":["spring_data_rest 5.0.5.1"],"published":"2026-06-10","updated":"2026-07-17","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41729","references":[{"url":"https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41729","label":"security@vmware.com"}],"tags":["nvd","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00393,"epssPercentile":0.33251,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-17T21:16:24.316Z","exploits":{"github":1,"githubRepos":["https://github.com/daehyuh/CVE-2026-41729"],"checkedAt":"2026-09-21T15:28:51.959Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"slug":"CVE-2026-41729","body":"## Overview\n\nSpring Data REST is vulnerable to SpEL expression injection through map-typed properties when processing JSON Patch (application/json-patch+json) requests. When a persistent entity exposes a Map-typed property, the JSON Pointer path segment used as the map key is embedded directly into a SpEL expression without sanitization or validation.\n\nAffected versions:\nSpring Data REST 3.7.0 through 3.7.19; 4.3.0 through 4.3.16; 4.4.0 through 4.4.14; 4.5.0 through 4.5.11; 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `spring_data_rest >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.20`\n- `spring_data_rest >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.17`\n- `spring_data_rest >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.15`\n- `spring_data_rest >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.11.1`\n- `spring_data_rest >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.5.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `spring_data_rest 5.0.5.1`","depth":"midnight","depthScore":57,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":44.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":5188,"id":"CVE-2026-41729","ts":1788887252340,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":4071,"id":"CVE-2026-41729","ts":1788886368346,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":2860,"id":"CVE-2026-41729","ts":1788883034873,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":1889,"id":"CVE-2026-41729","ts":1788882437818,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":986,"id":"CVE-2026-41729","ts":1788881872395,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}