Spring Framework SpEL Safety Guard Bypass 5.2.25+ 7.0.8
CVE-2026-59283 Published on August 27, 2026
Spring Framework Safety Guard Bypass via SpEL Expression Compilation
Applications that evaluate Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions using SimpleEvaluationContext may be vulnerable to a safety guard bypass when the SpEL expression compiler is active.
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
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-59283 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources
The software does not properly restrict reading from or writing to dynamically-managed code resources such as variables, objects, classes, attributes, functions, or executable instructions or statements. Many languages offer powerful features that allow the programmer to dynamically create or modify existing code, or resources used by code such as variables and objects. While these features can offer significant flexibility and reduce development time, they can be extremely dangerous if attackers can directly influence these code resources in unexpected ways.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-59283
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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.