CVE-2026-41697

Spring Data Relational Parameter not Escaped for Query By Example LIKE Pattern

State: Published
Severity: 4.8 Medium
Published: Jun 9, 2026
Updated: Jun 27, 2026
Reserved: Apr 22, 2026

Description

Spring Data Relational does not properly escape binding values of externally-controlled input when using StringMatcher (STARTING, ENDING, or CONTAINING) in Query By Example (QBE). An attacker can supply wildcard characters to perform boolean-based blind data inference.

Affected versions: Spring Data Relational/JDBC/R2DBC 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.5.0 through 3.5.11; 3.4.0 through 3.4.14; 3.3.0 through 3.3.16; 3.2.0 through 3.2.15; 3.1.0 through 3.1.14; 3.0.0 through 3.0.15; 2.4.0 through 2.4.19.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.8 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L	vmware

Weaknesses

CWE-943 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Spring Data RelationalSpring	4.0.0 to before 4.0.5.1Affected 3.5.0 to before 3.5.11.1Affected 3.4.0 to before 3.4.15Affected 3.3.0 to before 3.3.17Affected 3.2.0 to before 3.2.16Affected 3.1.0 to before 3.1.15Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.0.16Affected 2.4.0 to before 2.4.20Affected
Spring Data JDBCSpring	4.0.0 to before 4.0.5.1Affected 3.5.0 to before 3.5.11.1Affected 3.4.0 to before 3.4.15Affected 3.3.0 to before 3.3.17Affected 3.2.0 to before 3.2.16Affected 3.1.0 to before 3.1.15Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.0.16Affected 2.4.0 to before 2.4.20Affected
Spring Data R2DBCSpring	4.0.0 to before 4.0.5.1Affected 3.5.0 to before 3.5.11.1Affected 3.4.0 to before 3.4.15Affected 3.3.0 to before 3.3.17Affected 3.2.0 to before 3.2.16Affected 3.1.0 to before 3.1.15Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.0.16Affected 1.5.0 to before 1.5.20Affected

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41697

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