# CVE-2026-59289: Spring for GraphQL Denial of Service via pagination support

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-27 · Updated: 2026-09-02

## Affected

- Spring Spring for GraphQL: from 2.0.0, through 2.0.4; from 1.4.0, through 1.4.6; from 1.2.0, through 1.3.9

## Description

Spring for GraphQL's Spring Data pagination support resolves arguments of a scrollable query and forwards the client-supplied values to the underlying repository. An attacker can forge a malicious query for a Connection field that can exhaust application memory or place significant, prolonged load on the underlying datastore, resulting in a Denial of Service. Spring for GraphQL 2.0.0 - 2.0.4 Spring for GraphQL 1.4.0 - 1.4.6 Spring for GraphQL 1.2.0 - 1.3.9

## What to do

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

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## References

- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59289

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