Vmware Spring Data MongoDB up to 5.0.5 Spring Expression Language expression language injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Vmware Spring Data MongoDB up to 5.0.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Spring Expression Language Handler. Such manipulation leads to expression language injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-41717. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Vmware Spring Data MongoDB up to 5.0.5. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Spring Expression Language Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a expression language injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-917. The product constructs all or part of an expression language (EL) statement in a framework such as a Java Server Page (JSP) using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended EL statement before it is executed. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Spring Data MongoDB contains a SpEL (Spring Expression Language) expression injection vulnerability. The issue occurs during parameter binding when a user-defined repository query method is annotated with @Query and utilizes a capture-all placeholder. Affected versions: Spring Data MongoDB 5.0.0 through 5.0.5; 4.5.0 through 4.5.11; 4.4.0 through 4.4.14; 4.3.0 through 4.3.16; 4.2.0 through 4.2.15; 4.1.0 through 4.1.14; 4.0.0 through 4.0.15; 3.4.0 through 3.4.19.

The advisory is available at spring.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-41717 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. 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 06/10/2026).

Upgrading to version 3.4.20, 4.0.16, 4.1.15, 4.2.16, 4.3.17, 4.4.15, 4.5.12 or 5.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• Vmware

Name

• Spring Data MongoDB

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
• 3.4.15
• 3.4.16
• 3.4.17
• 3.4.18
• 3.4.19
• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.0.9
• 4.0.10
• 4.0.11
• 4.0.12
• 4.0.13
• 4.0.14
• 4.0.15
• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4
• 4.1.5
• 4.1.6
• 4.1.7
• 4.1.8
• 4.1.9
• 4.1.10
• 4.1.11
• 4.1.12
• 4.1.13
• 4.1.14
• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4
• 4.2.5
• 4.2.6
• 4.2.7
• 4.2.8
• 4.2.9
• 4.2.10
• 4.2.11
• 4.2.12
• 4.2.13
• 4.2.14
• 4.2.15
• 4.3.0
• 4.3.1
• 4.3.2
• 4.3.3
• 4.3.4
• 4.3.5
• 4.3.6
• 4.3.7
• 4.3.8
• 4.3.9
• 4.3.10
• 4.3.11
• 4.3.12
• 4.3.13
• 4.3.14
• 4.3.15
• 4.3.16
• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4
• 4.4.5
• 4.4.6
• 4.4.7
• 4.4.8
• 4.4.9
• 4.4.10
• 4.4.11
• 4.4.12
• 4.4.13
• 4.4.14
• 4.5.0
• 4.5.1
• 4.5.2
• 4.5.3
• 4.5.4
• 4.5.5
• 4.5.6
• 4.5.7
• 4.5.8
• 4.5.9
• 4.5.10
• 4.5.11
• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.0.3
• 5.0.4
• 5.0.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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