CVE-2026-47886 (GCVE-0-2026-47886)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-27 05:21 – Updated: 2026-08-27 15:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Spring Framework Denial of Service via Unbounded Exponentiation in SpEL Expressions
Summary
Applications that evaluate user-supplied Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack when the power operator (^) is used with a BigDecimal or BigInteger operand and a large exponent value.
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
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-27 14:59 UTC
CWE
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Spring Framework |
Affected:
7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.8
(custom)
Affected: 6.2.0 , ≤ 6.2.19 (custom) Affected: 6.1.0 , ≤ 6.1.28 (custom) Affected: 6.0.0 , ≤ 6.0.30 (custom) Affected: 5.3.0 , ≤ 5.3.49 (custom) Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.2.25.RELEASE (custom) |
guessed |
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