VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-59278
CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-27
Last modified2026-09-01
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
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
Weakness classification
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-918
Primary references
- security@vmware.com — Vendor Advisory