GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-8r2h-xh92-gq57 Spring Data Relational: Attackers can supply wildcard characters to perform boolean-based blind data inference
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-41697
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.springframework.data:spring-data-relational
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-943
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-12
Affected packages
• Maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-relational: >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.6 → fixed in 4.0.6
• Maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-relational: >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.12 → fixed in 3.5.12
• Maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-relational: >= 3.4.0, <= 3.4.14 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-relational: >= 3.0.0, <= 3.3.16 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-relational: <= 2.4.19 (no fix yet)
Description
Spring Data Relational does not properly escape binding values of externally-controlled input when using StringMatcher (STARTING, ENDING, or CONTAINING) in Query By Example (QBE). An attacker can supply wildcard characters to perform boolean-based blind data inference.
Affected versions:
Spring Data Relational/JDBC/R2DBC 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.5.0 through 3.5.11; 3.4.0 through 3.4.14; 3.3.0 through 3.3.16; 3.2.0 through 3.2.15; 3.1.0 through 3.1.14; 3.0.0 through 3.0.15; 2.4.0 through 2.4.19.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-41697 Spring Data Relational does not properly escape binding values of externally-controlled input when using StringMatcher (STARTING, ENDING,… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-943 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41697 advisory
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-relational package
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-relational/releases/tag/3.5.12 web
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-relational/releases/tag/4.0.6 web
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41697 web