# CVE-2026-47881: Denial of Service in Spring Batch FlatFileItemReader via Malformed Input File

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-27 · Updated: 2026-08-27

## Affected

- Spring Spring Batch: from 6.0.0, through 6.0.4; from 5.2.0, through 5.2.6; from 4.3.0, through 4.3.13

## Description

Spring Batch's FlatFileItemReader supports files where a single logical record spans multiple physical lines — for example, a CSV field that contains embedded newlines wrapped in quotes. A specially crafted input file could exploit the way the reader assembles those multi-line records to consume excessive CPU time and memory, causing the batch job to stall or run out of memory. Spring Batch 6.0.0 - 6.0.4 Spring Batch 5.2.0 - 5.2.6 Spring Batch 4.3.0 - 4.3.13

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Spring Spring Batch, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-47881

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