HIGH | JUNE 09, 2026 | CVE-2026-41728
Description
Spring Data REST's JSON Patch (application/json-patch+json) implementation does not apply the write-access filter to intermediate path segments when resolving a multi-segment JSON Pointer.
Affected applications are those whose domain model includes an embeddable object, collection, or map property whose container is marked read-only at the Jackson level while the inner element type carries no per-field restriction.
Affected Spring Products and Versions
Spring Data REST:
- 3.7.0 - 3.7.19
- 4.3.0 - 4.3.16
- 4.4.0 - 4.4.14
- 4.5.0 - 4.5.11
- 5.0.0 - 5.0.5
Versions that are no longer supported are also affected.
Mitigation
Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version.
| Affected version(s) | Fix version | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| 3.7.x | 3.7.20 | Commercial |
| 4.3.x | 4.3.17 | Commercial |
| 4.4.x | 4.4.15 | Commercial |
| 4.5.x | 4.5.12 | OSS |
| 5.0.x | 5.0.6 | OSS |
References
History
- 2026-06-09: Initial vulnerability report published.
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