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CVE-2026-41852 json

Spring Framework Arbitrary Method Invocation in SpEL Expressions

published 5mo ago modified last mo. also GHSA-9f52-rjqv-25qv , EUVD-2026-35340

cvss
3.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in Spring Expression Language (SpEL) evaluation logic allows for arbitrary zero-argument method invocation, even within restricted or read-only contexts, which may allow an attacker to invoke unintended application logic.

Affected versions: Spring Framework 7.0.0 through 7.0.7; 6.2.0 through 6.2.18; 6.1.0 through 6.1.27; 5.3.0 through 5.3.48.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework:spring-expression 6.2.19, 7.0.8
  • Spring Spring Framework 5.3.49, 6.1.28, 6.2.18.1, 7.0.7.1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-41852 updated cvss 3.7

spring-framework: org.springframework/spring-expression: Spring Framework: SpEL vulnerability allows unintended application logic invocation

  • Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8, ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9 Red Hat AMQ Clients spring-expression Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 spring-expression Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 spring-expression Red Hat Data Grid 8 spring-expression Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 log4j, log4j-jcl, log4j-web, log4j-slf4j
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Fuse 7 spring-expression Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack spring-expression Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces devspaces/openvsx-rhel9, devspaces/pluginregistry-rhel9 Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 spring-expression
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework:spring-expression
>=7.0.0, <7.0.8
>=6.2.0, <6.2.19
>=6.1.0, <=6.1.21
<=5.3.39
7.0.8
6.2.19

Affected products

  • Spring Spring Framework

Classification

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