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Spring HATEOAS heap exhaustion through unbounded internal caching

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 9, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 29, 2026

Package

maven org.springframework.hateoas:spring-hateoas (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 3.0.0, <= 3.0.3
>= 2.5.0, <= 2.5.2
>= 2.3.0, <= 2.3.4
<= 1.5.6
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.1

Patched versions

3.0.4
2.5.3

Description

Spring HATEOAS maintains an unbounded static cache of StringLinkRelation instances keyed on attacker-supplied strings.

Affected versions:
Spring HATEOAS 1.5.0 through 1.5.6; 2.3.0 through 2.3.4; 2.4.0 through 2.4.1; 2.5.0 through 2.5.2; 3.0.0 through 3.0.3.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 9, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 9, 2026
Reviewed Jul 29, 2026
Last updated Jul 29, 2026

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(22nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-41007

GHSA ID

GHSA-439x-6767-44cv

Source code

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