Unsafe Deserialization

Spring for Apache Kafka is vulnerable to an unsafe deserialization. The vulnerability is due to improper trusted-package matching in JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and the deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper, where prefix-based checks implicitly trusted subpackages and, combined with Jackson's default bea...

CVE-2026-41726

A flaw was found in spring-kafka. When an application uses the DelegatingDeserializer, a malicious producer can exploit this vulnerability by sending records with unique, random spring.kafka.serialization.selector header values. This can cause the consumer's memory heap to grow without limits,...

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data via the JsonKafkaHeaderMapper or the deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper functions. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution by supplying crafted header values that trigger deserialization of...

Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in the retrytopic-attempts header. An attacker can manipulate retry routing and backoff behavior by sending crafted headers with out-of-range attempt counts. Remediation Upgrade...

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the DelegatingDeserializer function. An attacker can exhaust system memory by sending records with unique, random spring.kafka.serialization.selector header values, leading to...

EUVD-2026-35903

When an application opts into DelegatingDeserializer, a producer can grow the consumer's heap without bound by sending records with unique random spring.kafka.serialization.selector header values, eventually causing GC thrash and OutOfMemoryError. Affected versions: Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0...

In Spring for Apache Kafka, overly broad trusted-package matching in header mappers exposes JDK classes to deserialization

JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and the deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper matched type headers against trusted packages using a prefix check, meaning that trusting any package implicitly trusted all of its subpackages. Combined with Jackson's default bean deserialization, a producer could supply crafted...

In Spring for Apache Kafka, unbounded delegate cache keyed on user-controlled, potentially malicious selector header

When an application opts into DelegatingDeserializer, a producer can grow the consumer's heap without bound by sending records with unique random spring.kafka.serialization.selector header values, eventually causing GC thrash and OutOfMemoryError. Affected versions: Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0...

GHSA-XQ69-5H5V-X9X4 In Spring for Apache Kafka, overly broad trusted-package matching in header mappers exposes JDK classes to deserialization

JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and the deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper matched type headers against trusted packages using a prefix check, meaning that trusting any package implicitly trusted all of its subpackages. Combined with Jackson's default bean deserialization, a producer could supply crafted...

EUVD-2026-35908

JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and the deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper matched type headers against trusted packages using a prefix check, meaning that trusting any package implicitly trusted all of its subpackages. Combined with Jackson's default bean deserialization, a producer could supply crafted...

GHSA-XVFQ-4Q6Q-GXX7 In Spring for Apache Kafka, unbounded delegate cache keyed on user-controlled, potentially malicious selector header

When an application opts into DelegatingDeserializer, a producer can grow the consumer's heap without bound by sending records with unique random spring.kafka.serialization.selector header values, eventually causing GC thrash and OutOfMemoryError. Affected versions: Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0...

CVE-2026-41727

Spring Kafka's retry topic infrastructure did not sufficiently validate user-controlled header values before acting on them. A producer could send a record with a crafted retrytopic-attempts header to supply an out-of-range attempt count and cause the retry topic router to misidentify where the...

CVE-2026-41731

JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and the deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper matched type headers against trusted packages using a prefix check, meaning that trusting any package implicitly trusted all of its subpackages. Combined with Jackson's default bean deserialization, a producer could supply crafted...

CVE-2026-41726

When an application opts into DelegatingDeserializer, a producer can grow the consumer's heap without bound by sending records with unique random spring.kafka.serialization.selector header values, eventually causing GC thrash and OutOfMemoryError. Affected versions: Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0...

CVE-2026-41731 In Spring for Apache Kafka, overly broad trusted-package matching in header mappers exposes JDK classes to deserialization

JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and the deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper matched type headers against trusted packages using a prefix check, meaning that trusting any package implicitly trusted all of its subpackages. Combined with Jackson's default bean deserialization, a producer could supply crafted...

CVE-2026-41731

Spring for Apache Kafka vulnerable due to overly broad trusted-package matching in JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper: they compare type headers against trusted packages with a prefix check, causing any trusted package to implicitly trust all subpackages. When combined ...

CVE-2026-41731 In Spring for Apache Kafka, overly broad trusted-package matching in header mappers exposes JDK classes to deserialization

JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and the deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper matched type headers against trusted packages using a prefix check, meaning that trusting any package implicitly trusted all of its subpackages. Combined with Jackson's default bean deserialization, a producer could supply crafted...

CVE-2026-41731 In Spring for Apache Kafka, overly broad trusted-package matching in header mappers exposes JDK classes to deserialization

JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and the deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper matched type headers against trusted packages using a prefix check, meaning that trusting any package implicitly trusted all of its subpackages. Combined with Jackson's default bean deserialization, a producer could supply crafted...

CVE-2026-41727 In Spring for Apache Kafka, forged retry topic headers subvert retry routing and backoff behavior

Spring Kafka's retry topic infrastructure did not sufficiently validate user-controlled header values before acting on them. A producer could send a record with a crafted retrytopic-attempts header to supply an out-of-range attempt count and cause the retry topic router to misidentify where the...

CVE-2026-41727 In Spring for Apache Kafka, forged retry topic headers subvert retry routing and backoff behavior

Spring Kafka's retry topic infrastructure did not sufficiently validate user-controlled header values before acting on them. A producer could send a record with a crafted retrytopic-attempts header to supply an out-of-range attempt count and cause the retry topic router to misidentify where the...