CVE-2026-59317: In Spring for Apache Kafka, missing header validation in DeadLetterPublishingRecovererFactory enables denial of service via a poison-pill loop
Spring · Spring for Apache Kafka
Affected: Spring for Apache Kafka · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 36% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
DeadLetterPublishingRecovererFactory reads the retry_topic-original-timestamp header from an inbound ConsumerRecord and passes its raw bytes directly to new BigInteger(header.value()) with no length or format validation. 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
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Spring · Spring for Apache Kafka4.1.0; from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6; from 3.0.0 up to and including 3.3.16; from 2.9.0 up to and including 2.9.14; up to and including 2.8.12
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Spring
- Published
- August 2026
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