{"id":"CVE-2026-59278","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-59278","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T05:59:45.785Z","title":"When these mappers are used — which is the default configuration for all @KafkaListener consumers — an external Kafka producer can inject a java.net.InetAddress type via the spring_json_header_types message header.","description":"JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper include java.net in their default trusted packages list. When these mappers are used — which is the default configuration for all @KafkaListener consumers — an external Kafka producer can inject a java.net.InetAddress type via the spring_json_header_types message header.\nSpring for Apache Kafka 4.1.0\nSpring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0 - 4.0.6\nSpring for Apache Kafka 3.0.0 - 3.3.16\nSpring for Apache Kafka 2.9.0 - 2.9.14\nSpring for Apache Kafka 2.8.12 and earlier","published":"2026-08-27T06:17:22.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-01T16:07:35.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@vmware.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-918"],"affected":["vmware/spring for apache kafka"],"epss":{"score":0.00266,"percentile":0.18453,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59278","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59278","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}