CVE-2026-41708: Spring Cloud Sleuth instrumentation of Spring TX DoS vulnerability

June 15, 2026 (updated August 26, 2026)

In Spring Cloud Sleuth, it is possible for a user to provide specially crafted calls that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The application is vulnerable when it uses a vulnerable version of org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation and Spring TX instrumentation is not disabled.

Affected versions: Spring Cloud Sleuth 3.1.0 through 3.1.13.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-26m2-9g2q-v45q
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41708
spring.io/security/cve-2026-41708

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