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FKIE_CVE-2026-59278

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-27 06:17 - Updated: 2026-09-01 16:07
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper include java.net in their default trusted packages list. When these mappers are used — which is the default configuration for all @KafkaListener consumers — an external Kafka producer can inject a java.net.InetAddress type via the spring_json_header_types message header. Spring for Apache Kafka 4.1.0 Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0 - 4.0.6 Spring for Apache Kafka 3.0.0 - 3.3.16 Spring for Apache Kafka 2.9.0 - 2.9.14 Spring for Apache Kafka 2.8.12 and earlier
References
security@vmware.comhttps://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59278Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware spring_for_apache_kafka *
vmware spring_for_apache_kafka *
vmware spring_for_apache_kafka *
vmware spring_for_apache_kafka *
vmware spring_for_apache_kafka *
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