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TI-2026-35339 Aliases CVE-2026-47891GHSA-7p67-m4j8-h4vx

Spring Framework maxInMemorySize Bypassed in Jaxb2Decoder

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

A Spring WebFlux application that relies on the Aalto XML processor to parse XML input does not correctly enforce the maxInMemorySize limit. Spring Framework 7.0.0 - 7.0.8 Spring Framework 6.2.0 - 6.2.19 Spring Framework 6.1.0 - 6.1.28 Spring Framework 6.0.0 - 6.0.30 Spring Framework 5.3.0 - 5.3.49 Spring Framework 5.2.25.RELEASE and earlier

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00522 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
VMwareSpring Framework7.0.0 – 7.0.8; 6.2.0 – 6.2.19; 6.1.0 – 6.1.28; 6.0.0 – 6.0.30; 5.3.0 – 5.3.49; up to 5.2.25.RELEASE—No fix listedCNA
  • Spring Framework VendorVMware Affected 7.0.0 – 7.0.8; 6.2.0 – 6.2.19; 6.1.0 – 6.1.28; 6.0.0 – 6.0.30; 5.3.0 – 5.3.49; up to 5.2.25.RELEASE Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.2.26; 5.3.0 to before 5.3.50; 6.0.0 to before 6.0.31; 6.1.0 to before 6.1.29; 6.2.0 to before 6.2.20; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.8.1VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.2.26; 5.3.0 to before 5.3.50; 6.0.0 to before 6.0.31; 6.1.0 to before 6.1.29; 6.2.0 to before 6.2.20; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.8.1 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 8 products
  • OpenShift Developer Tools and Services
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Fuse 7
  • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-47891
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7p67-m4j8-h4vx

References

  • TI-2022-07142 Code injection in Spring Framework KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-01175 Code injection in Spring Framework CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-04444 RFD Attack via "Content-Disposition" Header Sourced from Request Input by Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux Application CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-01180 Code injection in Spring Framework CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-09283 Pivotal Spring Framework through 5.3.16 suffers from a potential remote code execution… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-00050 The Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.8… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
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