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.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xvfq-4q6q-gxx7 In Spring for Apache Kafka, unbounded delegate cache keyed on user-controlled, potentially malicious selector header
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Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Spring spring For Apache Kafka
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Description 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.
Title In Spring for Apache Kafka, unbounded delegate cache keyed on user-controlled, potentially malicious selector header
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-10T17:40:20.549Z

Reserved: 2026-04-22T06:21:39.014Z

Link: CVE-2026-41726

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-10T17:40:11.443Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-06-10T00:16:52.030

Modified: 2026-06-10T19:24:04.320

Link: CVE-2026-41726

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-06-09T23:48:51Z

Links: CVE-2026-41726 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-10T11:21:37Z

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