The hook
Spring Data Commons often arrives through Spring Boot parents, Spring Data BOMs, or transitive dependency management. CVE-2018-1274 is important patch-triage signal, but a repository dependency match does not prove that Spring Data REST endpoints or another property-path parsing path is reachable in production.
How it works
The repo check looks for `org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons` in Maven and Gradle dependency declarations. Exact versions produce the strongest signal, including versions referenced through local Maven properties. Compatible ranges are reported when they clearly allow affected 1.13.x, 2.0.x, or older unsupported versions.
The blast radius
If an affected Spring Data Commons runtime is deployed and untrusted requests reach Spring Data REST or another property-path parsing path, crafted request parameters may drive excessive CPU and memory consumption. A repo match should trigger dependency remediation and runtime exposure review before being treated as confirmed live denial of service.
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What FixVibe checks
FixVibe repo scans look for high-confidence security patterns and dependency risk in source context. Reports identify the affected area and recommended fix. For check-specific questions about exact detection heuristics, active payload details, or source-code rule patterns, contact support@fixvibe.app.
Ironclad defenses
Upgrade Spring Data Commons to 1.13.11, 2.0.6, or a later supported Spring Data release. Update the controlling Spring Boot parent, Spring Data BOM, direct dependency, Gradle platform, or dependency constraint, then rebuild and redeploy the actual JAR, WAR, or container image.