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Spring Cloud Function Context has Uncontrolled Recursion

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 1, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 9, 2026

Package

maven org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-function-context (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 4.3.0, < 4.3.3
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.2
>= 3.2.10, <= 3.2.15
>= 4.1.0, <= 4.1.9
>= 4.2.0, <= 4.2.5

Patched versions

4.3.3
5.0.2

Description

Under infinite recursion in the routing layer, request-handling can cause OOM error.

Affected Spring Products and Versions:
Spring Cloud Function 3.2.x: versions prior to 3.2.16
Spring Cloud Function 4.1.x: versions prior to 4.1.10
Spring Cloud Function 4.2.x: versions prior to 4.2.6
Spring Cloud Function 4.3.x: versions prior to 4.3.3
Spring Cloud Function 5.0.x: versions prior to 5.0.2
Older, unsupported versions are also affected.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 1, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 1, 2026
Reviewed Jul 9, 2026
Last updated Jul 9, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Physical
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(11th percentile)

Weaknesses

Uncontrolled Recursion

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-40989

GHSA ID

GHSA-x9c7-5h6g-hq8q

Source code

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