Vmware Spring Framework
CVE-2026-47886
Applications that evaluate user-supplied Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack when the power operator (^) is used with a BigDecimal or BigInteger operand and a large exponent value. Spring Framework 7.0.0 - 7.0.8 Spring Framework 6.2.0 - 6.2.19 Spring Framework 6.1.0 - 6.1.28 Spring Framework 6.0.0 - 6.0.30 Spring Framework 5.3.0 - 5.3.49 Spring Framework 5.2.25.RELEASE and earlier
What this means for your business
- It affects Vmware Spring Framework. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a 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 25% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Vmware Spring Framework, 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
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Assigned by
- security@vmware.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-27
- Last modified
- 2026-09-10
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Vmware Spring Framework- 5.2.26, 5.3.0 - 5.3.50, 6.0.0 - 6.0.31, 6.1.0 - 6.1.29, 6.2.0 - 6.2.20, 7.0.0 - 7.0.8.1
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.