CVE-2026-22735 Server Sent Event stream corruption

Low 2.6 Published Updated

Attackers can corrupt Server-Sent Event streams in Spring MVC and WebFlux applications, potentially causing service disruption.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-22735?

CVE-2026-22735 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Spring Framework, published on 19 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Spring MVC and WebFlux applications are vulnerable to stream corruption when using Server-Sent Events (SSE). This issue affects Spring Foundation: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.5, from 6.2.0 through 6.2.16, from 6.1.0 through 6.1.25, from 5.3.0 through 5.3.46.

Weakness: CWE-667

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-22735?

16 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework:spring-webflux and org.springframework:spring-webmvc. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.springframework:spring-webflux MavenFrom 5.3.0 to 5.3.39None
org.springframework:spring-webflux MavenFrom 5.3.0 to 5.3.39None
org.springframework:spring-webflux MavenFrom 6.0.0 to 6.1.21None
org.springframework:spring-webflux MavenFrom 6.0.0 to 6.1.21None
org.springframework:spring-webflux MavenFrom 6.2.06.2.17
org.springframework:spring-webflux MavenFrom 6.2.06.2.17
10 more packages
org.springframework:spring-webflux MavenFrom 7.0.0-M17.0.6
org.springframework:spring-webflux MavenFrom 7.0.0-M17.0.6
org.springframework:spring-webmvc MavenFrom 5.3.0 to 5.3.39None
org.springframework:spring-webmvc MavenFrom 5.3.0 to 5.3.39None
org.springframework:spring-webmvc MavenFrom 6.0.0 to 6.1.21None
org.springframework:spring-webmvc MavenFrom 6.0.0 to 6.1.21None
org.springframework:spring-webmvc MavenFrom 6.2.06.2.17
org.springframework:spring-webmvc MavenFrom 6.2.06.2.17
org.springframework:spring-webmvc MavenFrom 7.0.0-M17.0.6
org.springframework:spring-webmvc MavenFrom 7.0.0-M17.0.6

Products include Vmware Spring Framework.

How do I fix CVE-2026-22735?

Upgrade org.springframework:spring-webflux to a fixed version for your release line: 6.2.17 or 7.0.6.

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-2026-22735 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-22735 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Vmware Spring Framework vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2026-LS72691, CLEANSTART-2026-MW19809, CLSA-2026-1779410897, CLSA-2026-1779410898, CLSA-2026-1780447836, CLSA-2026-1785291369 and 15 more.

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