Spring Data Relational Parameter not Escaped for Query By Example LIKE Pattern
CVE-2026-41697

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Spring

Status
Spring Data Relational
Spring Data Jdbc
Spring Data R2dbc
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 June 2026

What is CVE-2026-41697?

Spring Data Relational does not properly escape binding values of externally-controlled input when using StringMatcher (STARTING, ENDING, or CONTAINING) in Query By Example (QBE). An attacker can supply wildcard characters to perform boolean-based blind data inference.

Affected versions: Spring Data Relational/JDBC/R2DBC 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.5.0 through 3.5.11; 3.4.0 through 3.4.14; 3.3.0 through 3.3.16; 3.2.0 through 3.2.15; 3.1.0 through 3.1.14; 3.0.0 through 3.0.15; 2.4.0 through 2.4.19.

Affected Version(s)

Spring Data JDBC 4.0.0 < 4.0.6

Spring Data JDBC 3.5.0 < 3.5.12

Spring Data JDBC 3.4.0 < 3.4.15

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41697

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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