Critical

SpEL Injection in Spring Data MongoDB

  • Disclosed: 24.06.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:21

A Spring Data MongoDB application is vulnerable to SpEL Injection when using @Query or @Aggregation-annotated query methods with SpEL expressions that contain query parameter placeholders for value binding if the input is not sanitized.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.1, < 3.3.5 3.4.1, 3.3.5

References

CVSS score 9/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-917
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb
Disclosed
24.06.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-w24x-87mr-4r23 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
3
First → latest
06.2022 06.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 1
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 1
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 2
  1. Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-41696 >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.6, >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.12, >= 4.4.0, <= 4.4.14, >= 4.0.0, <= 4.3.16, <= 3.4.19 5.0.6, 4.5.12
  2. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-41717 >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.6, >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.12, >= 4.4.0, <= 4.4.14, >= 4.0.0, <= 4.3.16, <= 3.4.19 5.0.6, 4.5.12
  3. SpEL Injection in Spring Data MongoDB this entry
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2022-22980 >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.1, < 3.3.5 3.4.1, 3.3.5

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