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High · 8.1 CVE-2026-41731 EUVD-2026-35908GHSA-xq69-5h5v-x9x4

In Spring for Apache Kafka, overly broad trusted-package matching in header mappers exposes JDK classes to deserialization

Published Jun 9, 2026 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

Description

JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and the deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper matched type headers against trusted packages using a prefix check, meaning that trusting any package implicitly trusted all of its subpackages. Combined with Jackson's default bean deserialization, a producer could supply crafted header values that caused the consumer to deserialize arbitrary JDK types.

Affected versions:
Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.3.0 through 3.3.15; 3.2.0 through 3.2.13; 2.9.0 through 2.9.13; 2.8.0 through 2.8.11.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Spring Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0 – < 4.0.5.1, 3.3.0 – < 3.3.15.1, 3.2.0 – < 3.2.14, 2.9.0 – < 2.9.14, 2.8.0 – < 2.8.12 4.0.5.1

Affected packages

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