CVE-2018-1274 Spring Data Commons contain a property path parser vulnerability caused by unlimited resource allocation
Unauthenticated attackers can cause denial of service via resource exhaustion in Spring Data Commons property path parsing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-1274?
CVE-2018-1274 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Spring Framework, published on 18 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Spring Data Commons, versions 1.13 to 1.13.10, 2.0 to 2.0.5, and older unsupported versions, contain a property path parser vulnerability caused by unlimited resource allocation. An unauthenticated remote malicious user (or attacker) can issue requests against Spring Data REST endpoints or endpoints using property path parsing which can cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption).
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1274?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons. It affects 3 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons Maven | All versions | 1.13.11 |
org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons Maven | All versions | 1.13.11 |
org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons Maven | From 2.0.0 | 2.0.6 |
org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons Maven | From 2.0.0 | 2.0.6 |
Products include Broadcom Spring Data Commons, Pivotal Software Spring Data Rest, Vmware Spring Data Rest.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1274?
Upgrade org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons to a fixed version for your release line: 1.13.11 or 2.0.6.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-1274 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1274 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Spring Framework
- CVE-2026-41695 Denial of Service in Spring Data Commons Property Path Resolution
- CVE-2026-41716 Spring Data web support unbounded negative-result cache keyed on attacker-supplied property names
- CVE-2018-1259 Spring Data Commons, used in combination with XMLBeam, contains a property binder vulnerability caused by improper restriction of XML external entity references
- CVE-2026-41711 Potential Denial of Service through crafted Sort Parameters
- CVE-2026-41721 Spring Data Commons Denial of Service via Data Binding
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5q8m-mqmx-pxp9.