CVE-2026-41696: VMware Spring Data MongoDB

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Spring Data MongoDB repository query methods annotated with @Query that use regex parameter binding perform insufficient validation of the bound parameter. An attacker can supply a crafted string to break out of the intended regular expression quoting. Affected versions: Spring Data MongoDB 5.0.0 through 5.0.5; 4.5.0 through 4.5.11; 4.4.0 through 4.4.14; 4.3.0 through 4.3.16; 4.2.0 through 4.2.15; 4.1.0 through 4.1.14; 4.0.0 through 4.0.15; 3.4.0 through 3.4.19.

Affected products

• VMware Spring Data MongoDB: from 3.4.0, before 3.4.20 (fixed in 3.4.20); from 4.0.0, up to and including 4.0.15; from 4.1.0, up to and including 4.1.14; from 4.2.0, up to and including 4.2.15; from 4.3.0, before 4.3.17 (fixed in 4.3.17); from 4.4.0, before 4.4.15 (fixed in 4.4.15); …

Published 2026-06-10. Last modified 2026-07-23.