CVE-2026-40980 (GCVE-0-2026-40980)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-28 07:31 – Updated: 2026-04-28 12:32
VLAI?
Summary
In Spring AI, a malicious PDF file can be crafted that triggers the allocation of unreasonable amounts of memory when handled by `ForkPDFLayoutTextStripper`.
Affected versions:
Spring AI: 1.0.0 - 1.0.5 (fixed in 1.0.6), 1.1.0 - 1.1.4 (fixed in 1.1.5)
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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Nomenclature
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