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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2026-40988

Unbounded DEFLATE Inflation in SAML 2.0 Service Provider

Description

An application using spring-security-saml2-service-provider and the REDIRECT binding for SAML 2.0 Login or Logout may be vulnerable to a denial of service by way of an unbounded writer that inflates the compressed SAML payload into memory. Affected versions: Spring Security 5.7.0 through 5.7.23; 5.8.0 through 5.8.25; 6.3.0 through 6.3.16; 6.4.0 through 6.4.16; 6.5.0 through 6.5.10; 7.0.0 through 7.0.5.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Spring Spring Security

Default version status: unaffected

  • 5.7.0 to < 5.7.24affected
  • 5.8.0 to < 5.8.26affected
  • 6.3.0 to < 6.3.17affected
  • 6.4.0 to < 6.4.17affected
  • 6.5.0 to < 6.5.10.2affected
  • 7.0.0 to < 7.0.5.1affected

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