7.5

CVE-2026-41728: spring spring data rest Improper Access Control

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesGHSA-cv39-x4c6-hhp2
Published 09-06-2026Last modified 30-06-2026
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-41728 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in spring spring data rest. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.35%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

27%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.31% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.35%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Org.springframework.data1 product
  • spring-data-rest-core≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.6 | ≥ 4.5.0, < 4.5.12 | ≥ 4.4.0, ≤ 4.4.14 | ≥ 4.3.0, ≤ 4.3.16 | ≤ 3.7.19
Spring1 product
  • spring data rest≥ 3.7.0, < 3.7.20 | ≥ 4.3.0, < 4.3.17 | ≥ 4.4.0, < 4.4.15 | ≥ 4.5.0, < 4.5.11.1 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.5.1
Vmware1 product
  • spring_data_rest≥ 3.7.0, < 3.7.20 | ≥ 4.3.0, < 4.3.17 | ≥ 4.4.0, < 4.4.15 | ≥ 4.5.0, < 4.5.11.1 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.5.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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