5.9

CVE-2026-59296: spring micrometer Injection

CVSS: 5.9v3.1MediumAwaiting analysis
AliasesCGA-52mq-wh9x-7gc2CGA-86j6-444g-g475
Published 21-08-2026Last modified 27-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-59296 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Injection vulnerability in spring micrometer. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.30%
0%100%
Low · +0.10 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Using untrusted, non-normalized input as-is for metrics data (such as metric names, tag keys, or tag values) is a dangerous antipattern that general-purpose instrumentation should never perform. Micrometer 1.17.0 Micrometer 1.16.0 - 1.16.6 Micrometer 1.15.0 - 1.15.12 Micrometer 1.14.0 - 1.14.16 Micrometer 1.9.18 and earlier

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.10 pp

From 0.20% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.30%

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

Chainguard1 product
  • keycloak-fips-26.7-iamguarded-fips< 26.7.4-r3
Spring1 product
  • micrometer1.17.0 | ≥ 1.16.0, ≤ 1.16.6 | ≥ 1.15.0, ≤ 1.15.12 | ≥ 1.14.0, ≤ 1.14.16 | ≤ 1.9.18

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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