Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data in Spring Framework - CVE-2026-22741
Published: April 21, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper cache control in static resource resolution when handling malicious requests for encoded resources. A remote attacker can send malicious requests to cause a denial of service.
Exploitation requires resource chain support with caching enabled, encoded resource resolution enabled, and an empty resource cache.
Affected software
Db2 Developer Extension
Maximo Application Suite Ai Service
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced with IBM
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services
IBM Sterling File Gateway
Library Support for Spring
How to mitigate CVE-2026-22741
Db2 Developer Extension - update to 1.1.2
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator - addressed in versions 6.2.1.2.1, 6.2.2.1.1
IBM Sterling File Gateway - addressed in versions 6.2.1.2.1, 6.2.2.1.1
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services - addressed in versions 6.3.0.19, 6.4.0.8
Maximo Application Suite Ai Service - update to 9.1.15
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced with IBM - update to 1.16.0
Library Support for Spring - update to 2.7.38
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Pivotal Spring Framework
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Library Support for Spring
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Maximo AI Service
- IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services update for Spring MVC and WebFlux
- MongoDB Enterprise Advanced with IBM update for Spring MVC and WebFlux
- IBM Db2 Developer Extension update for Spring MVC and WebFlux
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway