Deserialization of untrusted data in VMware Spring Statemachine
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
Spring Statemachine's Kryo-based persistence backends (JPA, MongoDB, Redis and ZooKeeper) deserialise persisted state-machine contexts without enforcing a class allowlist (CWE-502, deserialisation of untrusted data), which can lead to remote code execution inside the application JVM. Affected versions: Spring Statemachine 4.0.0 through 4.0.1 Spring Statemachine 3.2.0 through 3.2.4
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 Statemachine | 4.0.0 to before 4.0.1.1; 3.2.0 to before 3.2.5 | 4.0.1.1, 3.2.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.springframework.statemachine:spring-statemachine-kryo (Maven) | 3.2.0 – 3.2.4 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-85qj-f5wg-rwp9 |
| — | org.springframework.statemachine:spring-statemachine-kryo (Maven) | 4.0.0 to before 4.0.2 | 4.0.2 | Patch available | GHSA-85qj-f5wg-rwp9 |
- Spring Statemachine VendorVMware Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.0.1.1; 3.2.0 to before 3.2.5 Fixed in 4.0.1.1, 3.2.5 Patch available CNA
- org.springframework.statemachine:spring-statemachine-kryo (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.2.0 – 3.2.4 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-85qj-f5wg-rwp9
- org.springframework.statemachine:spring-statemachine-kryo (Maven) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.0.2 Fixed in 4.0.2 Patch available GHSA-85qj-f5wg-rwp9
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Spring Statemachine (Spring) Fixed in 4.0.1.1, 3.2.5
- Fix · GHSA-85qj-f5wg-rwp9 org.springframework.statemachine:spring-statemachine-kryo (Maven) Fixed in 4.0.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41862
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-85qj-f5wg-rwp9
References
More VMware vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-42442 vCenter directory-traversal vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-26040 Privilege escalation in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-26039 Heap-overflow in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-24610 Out-of-bounds write in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-16914 VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-07303 Command injection in Aria Operations for Networks KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-41862 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-41862 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-85qj-f5wg-rwp9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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