CVE-2026-40980: Spring AI Vulnerable to OOM by attacker-controlled PDF

April 28, 2026 (updated May 6, 2026)

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)

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-26gg-9gv2-v27j
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40980
spring.io/security/cve-2026-40980

Code Behaviors & Features

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