7.1High

Vmware Spring Data Rest

CVE-2026-47849

Spring Data REST does not guard identifier (@Id) and version (@Version) properties against mutation via RFC 6902 JSON Patch (application/json-patch+json) requests. Spring Data REST 5.1.0 Spring Data REST 5.0.0 - 5.0.6 Spring Data REST 4.5.0 - 4.5.12 Spring Data REST 4.0.0 - 4.4.15 Spring Data REST 3.7.20 and earlier

What this means for your business

  • It affects Vmware Spring Data Rest. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.3% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 19% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Vmware Spring Data Rest, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
7.1 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-915
Assigned by
security@vmware.com

Dates

Published
2026-08-27
Last modified
2026-09-02
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Vmware Spring Data Rest- 3.7.21, 4.0.0 - 4.4.16, 4.5.0 - 4.5.13, 5.0.0 - 5.0.6.1, 5.1.0 - 5.1.0.1

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References