CVE-2026-59295 (GCVE-0-2026-59295)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-24 10:10
Modified
2026-08-27 17:57
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
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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