# CVE-2026-59311: Fixed predictable /tmp/ziptransformer work directory enables symlink pre-creation

> Local attackers can redirect file operations via symlink pre-creation in a predictable temp directory, potentially modifying files or escalating privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 28 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cjcq-xx9x-p972

## What is CVE-2026-59311?

CVE-2026-59311 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Spring Integration, published on 27 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A local unprivileged user on the same host can redirect all Zip/UnZip transformer output into a directory of their choosing by pre-creating /tmp/ziptransformer as a symlink before the application starts.
Spring Integration 7.1.0
Spring Integration 7.0.0 - 7.0.5
Spring Integration 6.5.0 - 6.5.10
Spring Integration 6.4.0 - 6.4.12

Weakness: CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-59311?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vmware Spring Integration.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-59311?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2026-59311 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-59311 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Spring Integration

- [CVE-2026-59324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-59324/): fluxTransform shared RequestMessageHolder causes cross-message header leakage under async fluxFunction (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2026-59307](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-59307/): Deserialization allow-list silently bypassed: setBeanClassLoader replaces deserializer but mapper keeps stale reference (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2026-40987](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40987/): Spring Integration File Support: FTP/SFTP/SMB server can write arbitrary files anywhere on the client filesystem (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2026-59293](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-59293/): SMB minimum protocol dialect defaults to SMB1 (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2026-59274](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-59274/): Unbounded decompression in UnZipTransformer enables zip-bomb DoS (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-59311 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-59311 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Spring Integration, published on 27 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-59311 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Spring Integration. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-59311/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-59311/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59311
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59311
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-59311

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-59311/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.