What is CVE-2026-41729?

CVE-2026-41729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring Data Rest, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-06-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-41729?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2026-41729 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Spring Data Rest

CVE-2026-41729

Spring Data REST is vulnerable to SpEL expression injection through map-typed properties when processing JSON Patch (application/json-patch+json) requests. When a persistent entity exposes a Map-typed property, the JSON Pointer path segmen…

Vulnerability class: Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228)

EPSS: 0.004 (32.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Spring Data Rest — versions 3.7.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0
Vmware Spring_data_rest

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-917 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

daehyuh/CVE-2026-41729

References

security@vmware.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-41729?: CVE-2026-41729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring Data Rest, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-06-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-41729?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2026-41729 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.