JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and the deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper matched type headers against trusted packages using a prefix check, meaning that trusting any package implicitly trusted all of its subpackages. Combined with Jackson's default bean deserialization, a producer could supply crafted header values that caused the consumer to deserialize arbitrary JDK types. 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.
References
History

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and the deprecated DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper matched type headers against trusted packages using a prefix check, meaning that trusting any package implicitly trusted all of its subpackages. Combined with Jackson's default bean deserialization, a producer could supply crafted header values that caused the consumer to deserialize arbitrary JDK types. 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, overly broad trusted-package matching in header mappers exposes JDK classes to deserialization
Weaknesses CWE-502
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-09T23:49:26.535Z

Reserved: 2026-04-22T06:21:39.015Z

Link: CVE-2026-41731

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-10T00:16:52.597

Modified: 2026-06-10T00:16:52.597

Link: CVE-2026-41731

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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