GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-5whc-4q84-fj73 Spring Data MongoDB is vulnerable to SpEL (Spring Expression Language) expression injection
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-41717
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-917
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-12
Affected packages
• Maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb: >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.6 → fixed in 5.0.6
• Maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb: >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.12 → fixed in 4.5.12
• Maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb: >= 4.4.0, <= 4.4.14 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb: >= 4.0.0, <= 4.3.16 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb: <= 3.4.19 (no fix yet)
Description
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-41717 Spring Data MongoDB contains a SpEL (Spring Expression Language) expression injection vulnerability. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-917 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41717 advisory
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-mongodb package
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-mongodb/releases/tag/4.5.12 web
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-mongodb/releases/tag/5.0.6 web
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41717 web