Vmware Spring Data Commons up to 3.4.14/3.5.11/4.0.5 MappingContext resource consumption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Vmware Spring Data Commons up to 3.4.14/3.5.11/4.0.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component MappingContext Handler. The manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-41695. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Vmware Spring Data Commons up to 3.4.14/3.5.11/4.0.5. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component MappingContext Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Spring Data Commons applications may be vulnerable to denial of service through resource exhaustion when attacker-controlled property path strings are passed to MappingContext property path resolution. Affected versions: Spring Data Commons 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.5.0 through 3.5.11; 3.4.0 through 3.4.14.

The advisory is shared for download at spring.io. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-41695 since 04/22/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 06/10/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 3.4.15, 3.5.12 or 4.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Vmware

Name

• Spring Data Commons

Version

• 3.4.0
• 3.4.1
• 3.4.2
• 3.4.3
• 3.4.4
• 3.4.5
• 3.4.6
• 3.4.7
• 3.4.8
• 3.4.9
• 3.4.10
• 3.4.11
• 3.4.12
• 3.4.13
• 3.4.14
• 3.5.0
• 3.5.1
• 3.5.2
• 3.5.3
• 3.5.4
• 3.5.5
• 3.5.6
• 3.5.7
• 3.5.8
• 3.5.9
• 3.5.10
• 3.5.11
• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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