Vmware Spring Framework up to 5.3.48/6.1.27/6.2.18/7.0.7 Regular Expression redos

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Vmware Spring Framework up to 5.3.48/6.1.27/6.2.18/7.0.7. This affects an unknown part of the component Regular Expression Handler. Such manipulation leads to redos. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-41848. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Vmware Spring Framework up to 5.3.48/6.1.27/6.2.18/7.0.7. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Regular Expression Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redos vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1333. The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Applications may be vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack if an attacker is able to provide a pattern which is then directly or indirectly supplied to one of the following methods in AntPathMatcher: match(String pattern, String path), matchStart(String pattern, String path), extractUriTemplateVariables(String pattern, String path). 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.

The advisory is shared for download at spring.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-41848 since 04/22/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/09/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1449.003.

Upgrading to version 5.3.49, 6.1.28, 6.2.19 or 7.0.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Vmware

Name

• Spring Framework

Version

• 5.3.0
• 5.3.1
• 5.3.2
• 5.3.3
• 5.3.4
• 5.3.5
• 5.3.6
• 5.3.7
• 5.3.8
• 5.3.9
• 5.3.10
• 5.3.11
• 5.3.12
• 5.3.13
• 5.3.14
• 5.3.15
• 5.3.16
• 5.3.17
• 5.3.18
• 5.3.19
• 5.3.20
• 5.3.21
• 5.3.22
• 5.3.23
• 5.3.24
• 5.3.25
• 5.3.26
• 5.3.27
• 5.3.28
• 5.3.29
• 5.3.30
• 5.3.31
• 5.3.32
• 5.3.33
• 5.3.34
• 5.3.35
• 5.3.36
• 5.3.37
• 5.3.38
• 5.3.39
• 5.3.40
• 5.3.41
• 5.3.42
• 5.3.43
• 5.3.44
• 5.3.45
• 5.3.46
• 5.3.47
• 5.3.48
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.1.21
• 6.1.22
• 6.1.23
• 6.1.24
• 6.1.25
• 6.1.26
• 6.1.27
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8
• 6.2.9
• 6.2.10
• 6.2.11
• 6.2.12
• 6.2.13
• 6.2.14
• 6.2.15
• 6.2.16
• 6.2.17
• 6.2.18
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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