Spring Framework DoS via SpEL Power Operator ^ (BigDecimal) 5.3-5.3.49
CVE-2026-47886 Published on August 27, 2026
Spring Framework Denial of Service via Unbounded Exponentiation in SpEL Expressions
Applications that evaluate user-supplied Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack when the power operator (^) is used with a BigDecimal or BigInteger operand and a large exponent value.
Spring Framework 7.0.0 - 7.0.8
Spring Framework 6.2.0 - 6.2.19
Spring Framework 6.1.0 - 6.1.28
Spring Framework 6.0.0 - 6.0.30
Spring Framework 5.3.0 - 5.3.49
Spring Framework 5.2.25.RELEASE and earlier
Products Associated with CVE-2026-47886
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Affected Versions
Spring Framework:- Version 7.0.0, <= 7.0.8 is affected.
- Version 6.2.0, <= 6.2.19 is affected.
- Version 6.1.0, <= 6.1.28 is affected.
- Version 6.0.0, <= 6.0.30 is affected.
- Version 5.3.0, <= 5.3.49 is affected.
- Before and including 5.2.25.RELEASE is affected.