Vmware Spring HATEOAS up to 3.0.3 Collection+JSON/UBER access control

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Vmware Spring HATEOAS up to 1.5.6/2.3.4/2.4.1/2.5.2/3.0.3. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Collection+JSON/UBER. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-41006. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Vmware Spring HATEOAS up to 1.5.6/2.3.4/2.4.1/2.5.2/3.0.3. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Collection+JSON/UBER. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Spring HATEOAS's internal PropertyUtils.createObjectFromProperties method, used by the Collection+JSON and UBER media type deserializers, performs bean property binding via reflection without consulting Jackson access-control annotations. 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.

The advisory is available at spring.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-41006 since 04/16/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/09/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.5.7, 2.3.5, 2.4.2, 2.5.3 or 3.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Vmware

Name

• Spring HATEOAS

Version

• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.4.0
• 2.4.1
• 2.5.0
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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