GHSA-XQ69-5H5V-X9X4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-10 00:31 – Updated: 2026-06-12 21:51
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Summary
In Spring for Apache Kafka, overly broad trusted-package matching in header mappers exposes JDK classes to deserialization
Details

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.

Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-41731"
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      "CWE-502"
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-12T21:51:09Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-10T00:16:52Z",
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  "details": "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\u0027s default bean deserialization, a producer could supply crafted header values that caused the consumer to deserialize arbitrary JDK types.\n\nAffected versions:\nSpring 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.",
  "id": "GHSA-xq69-5h5v-x9x4",
  "modified": "2026-06-12T21:51:09Z",
  "published": "2026-06-10T00:31:52Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ],
  "summary": "In Spring for Apache Kafka, overly broad trusted-package matching in header mappers exposes JDK classes to deserialization"
}


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