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
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Vmware Spring Data Rest, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 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.