CVE-2026-59278

Published September 3, 2026

CVSS 3.16.5

SeverityMedium

Known exploitedNo

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.
Spring for Apache Kafka 4.1.0
Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0 – 4.0.6
Spring for Apache Kafka 3.0.0 – 3.3.16
Spring for Apache Kafka 2.9.0 – 2.9.14
Spring for Apache Kafka 2.8.12 and earlier

NVD references:

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59278

Primary source: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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