CVE-2026-59295 (GCVE-0-2026-59295)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-24 10:10
Modified
2026-08-27 17:57
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Micrometer |
Version: 1.17.0 < Version: 1.16.0 < Version: 1.15.0 < Version: 1.14.0 < Version: 0 < |
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