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SCA: security update for org.springframework:spring-expression (GHSA-wxpp-56q6-5pcg)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445503

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Applications which accept user-supplied Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions may be vulnerable to
 a Denial of Service (DoS) attack if the evaluation of a SpEL expression triggers unbounded cache growth.
 Affected versions: Spring Framework 7.0.0 through 7.0.7; 6.2.0 through 6.2.18; 6.1.0 through 6.1.27; 5.3.0
 through 5.3.48. (CVE-2026-41851)

Solution

Update the org.springframework:spring-expression library and its related packages to version 6.2.19 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxpp-56q6-5pcg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 445503

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/30/2026

Updated: 7/30/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41851

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41851

cwe: CWE-770