Spring Data REST is vulnerable to SpEL expression injection through map-typed properties when processing JSON Patch requests
Spring Data REST is vulnerable to SpEL expression injection through map-typed properties when processing JSON Patch (application/json-patch+json) requests. When a persistent entity exposes a Map-typed property, the JSON Pointer path segment used as the map key is embedded directly into a SpEL expression without sanitization or validation. Affected versions: Spring Data REST 3.7.0 through 3.7.19; 4.3.0 through 4.3.16; 4.4.0 through 4.4.14; 4.5.0 through 4.5.11; 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-41729US | — | Exploit | ||
Spring Data REST is vulnerable to SpEL expression injection through map-typed properties when processing JSON Patch (application/json-patch+json) requests. When a persistent entity… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-restPACKAGE
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-rest/releases/tag/4.5.12WEB
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-rest/releases/tag/5.0.6WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41729ADVISORY
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41729WEB
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