Cache Exhaustion in Stateful Retries leads to Denial of Service
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
An attacker can craft a large number of unique requests that trigger a failure, exhausting the capacity of the application-wide stateful retry cache. Once the cache is full, it permanently rejects any further updates, causing all later stateful retries and circuit breakers in the application to fail. Affected versions: Spring Retry 2.0.0 through 2.0.12; 1.3.0 through 1.3.4.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | Spring Retry | 2.0.0 to before 2.0.12.1; 1.3.0 to before 1.3.5 | 2.0.12.1, 1.3.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.springframework.retry:spring-retry (Maven) | 2.0.0 to before 2.0.13 | 2.0.13 | Patch available | GHSA-2827-2mxx-j8pv |
| — | org.springframework.retry:spring-retry (Maven) | up to 1.3.4 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-2827-2mxx-j8pv |
- Spring Retry VendorVMware Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.0.12.1; 1.3.0 to before 1.3.5 Fixed in 2.0.12.1, 1.3.5 Patch available CNA
- org.springframework.retry:spring-retry (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.0.13 Fixed in 2.0.13 Patch available GHSA-2827-2mxx-j8pv
- org.springframework.retry:spring-retry (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 1.3.4 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-2827-2mxx-j8pv
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Spring Retry (Spring) Fixed in 2.0.12.1, 1.3.5
- Fix · GHSA-2827-2mxx-j8pv org.springframework.retry:spring-retry (Maven) Fixed in 2.0.13 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Data Grid 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41710
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2827-2mxx-j8pv
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-41710 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-41710 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2827-2mxx-j8pv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-41710 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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