When an application opts into DelegatingDeserializer, a producer can grow the consumer's heap without bound by sending records with unique random spring.kafka.serialization.selector header values, eventually causing GC thrash and OutOfMemoryError. Affected versions: Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.3.0 through 3.3.15; 3.2.0 through 3.2.13; 2.9.0 through 2.9.13; 2.8.0 through 2.8.11.
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Description When an application opts into DelegatingDeserializer, a producer can grow the consumer's heap without bound by sending records with unique random spring.kafka.serialization.selector header values, eventually causing GC thrash and OutOfMemoryError. Affected versions: Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.3.0 through 3.3.15; 3.2.0 through 3.2.13; 2.9.0 through 2.9.13; 2.8.0 through 2.8.11.
Title In Spring for Apache Kafka, unbounded delegate cache keyed on user-controlled, potentially malicious selector header
Weaknesses CWE-770
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-09T23:48:51.048Z

Reserved: 2026-04-22T06:21:39.014Z

Link: CVE-2026-41726

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-10T00:16:52.030

Modified: 2026-06-10T00:16:52.030

Link: CVE-2026-41726

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Updated: 2026-06-10T01:30:18Z