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.
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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| https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41731 |
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Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | In Spring for Apache Kafka, overly broad trusted-package matching in header mappers exposes JDK classes to deserialization | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-502 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-09T23:49:26.535Z
Reserved: 2026-04-22T06:21:39.015Z
Link: CVE-2026-41731
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-06-10T00:16:52.597
Modified: 2026-06-10T00:16:52.597
Link: CVE-2026-41731
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Updated: 2026-06-10T01:30:18Z
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