CVE-2026-40980 - In Spring AI, a malicious PDF file can be crafted that triggers the allocation of unreasonable amounts of memory when handled by `ForkPDFLayoutTextStripper`

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In Spring AI, a malicious PDF file can be crafted that triggers the allocation of unreasonable amounts of memory when handled by `ForkPDFLayoutTextStripper`

Published Apr 28, 2026

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.42%

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)

Affected products

Vendor Spring Product Spring AI Default
unaffected
- Version
  1.0.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <1.0.6
- Version
  1.1.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <1.1.5

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Spring

Spring AI

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
1.0.0	affected	<1.0.6
1.1.0	affected	<1.1.5

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References (4)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-26013
Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-26gg-9gv2-v27j
Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40980
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40980
Vendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-26013		Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-26gg-9gv2-v27j		Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40980
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40980		Vendor Advisory