# CVE-2026-59295: Micrometer instrumentation of Apache HttpAsyncClient DoS vulnerability

- 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: 2026-08-24 · Updated: 2026-08-27

## Affected

- Spring Micrometer: from 1.16.0, through 1.16.6; from 1.15.0, through 1.15.12; from 1.14.0, through 1.14.16; through 1.9.18

## Description

It is possible for outbound HTTP requests using a Micrometer-instrumented client to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition due to an unbounded memory leak. Micrometer 1.17.0 Micrometer 1.16.0 - 1.16.6 Micrometer 1.15.0 - 1.15.12 Micrometer 1.14.0 - 1.14.16 Micrometer 1.9.18 and earlier

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Spring Micrometer, 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-2026-59295

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