CVE-2026-40980 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Spring AI, a malicious PDF file can be crafted that triggers the allocation of unreasonable amounts of memory when handled by `ForkPDFLayoutTextStripper`. Affected versions: Spring AI: 1.0.0 - 1.0.5 (fixed in 1.0.6), 1.1.0 - 1.1.4 (fixed in 1.1.5)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Spring	Spring
Vmware	Spring Ai

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_ai::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_ai::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40980

History

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Vmware Vmware spring Ai
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_ai::::::::
Vendors & Products		Vmware Vmware spring Ai

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Spring Spring spring
Vendors & Products		Spring Spring spring

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Memory Exhaustion via Malformed PDF in Spring AI

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In Spring AI, a malicious PDF file can be crafted that triggers the allocation of unreasonable amounts of memory when handled by `ForkPDFLayoutTextStripper`. Affected versions: Spring AI: 1.0.0 - 1.0.5 (fixed in 1.0.6), 1.1.0 - 1.1.4 (fixed in 1.1.5)
Weaknesses		CWE-400
References		https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40980
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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2026-04-28T07:31:24.041Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T12:32:40.140Z

Reserved: 2026-04-16T02:19:04.616Z

Link: CVE-2026-40980

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-28T12:32:36.344Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-28T09:16:16.890

Modified: 2026-04-29T18:15:44.910

Link: CVE-2026-40980

Redhat

No data.

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