CVE-2026-41726When an application opts into DelegatingDeserializer, a producer can grow the consumer's heap without bound by sending records with unique random spring.kafka.serialization.selector header values, ev…
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When an application opts into DelegatingDeserializer, a producer can grow the consumer's heap without bound by sending records with unique random spring.kafka.serialization.selector header values, eventually causing GC thrash and OutOfMemoryError. 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.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-770
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jul 23, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
vmware spring_for_apache_kafka vmware:spring_for_apache_kafka | before 2.8.12; from 2.9.0 before 2.9.14; from 3.2.0 before 3.2.14; from 3.3.0 before 3.3.15.1; from 4.0.0 before 4.0.5.1 | NVD |
References
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41726vendor-advisory
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