---
id: CVE-2026-41716
title: >-
  Spring Data's internal property-lookup cache accepts and permanently retains
  attacker-supplied strings as cache keys, allowing heap exhaustion through
  repeated requests.


  Affected versions:

  Spring Data Commons 2.7.0 through 2.7.19; 3.3.0…
summary: >-
  Spring Data's internal property-lookup cache accepts and permanently retains
  attacker-supplied strings as cache keys, allowing heap exhaustion through
  repeated requests.


  Affected versions:

  Spring Data Commons 2.7.0 through 2.7.19; 3.3.0…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-770
vendor: broadcom
product: spring_data_commons
affected:
  - 'spring_data_commons >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.20'
  - 'spring_data_commons >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.17'
  - 'spring_data_commons >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.15'
  - 'spring_data_commons >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.11.1'
  - 'spring_data_commons >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5.1'
patched:
  - spring_data_commons 4.0.5.1
published: '2026-06-10'
updated: '2026-07-17'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41716'
references:
  - url: 'https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41716'
    label: security@vmware.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.0046
epssPercentile: 0.37169
ingestedAt: '2026-07-17T21:16:24.191Z'
---

## Overview

Spring Data's internal property-lookup cache accepts and permanently retains attacker-supplied strings as cache keys, allowing heap exhaustion through repeated requests.

Affected versions:
Spring Data Commons 2.7.0 through 2.7.19; 3.3.0 through 3.3.16; 3.4.0 through 3.4.14; 3.5.0 through 3.5.11; 4.0.0 through 4.0.5.

## Affected

- `spring_data_commons >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.20`
- `spring_data_commons >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.17`
- `spring_data_commons >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.15`
- `spring_data_commons >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.11.1`
- `spring_data_commons >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `spring_data_commons 4.0.5.1`