Vmware · Spring For Apache Kafka · CVE-2026-59278
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Spring for Apache Kafka version 4.1.0
Spring for Apache Kafka versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.6
Spring for Apache Kafka versions 3.0.0 through 3.3.16
Spring for Apache Kafka versions 2.9.0 through 2.9.14
Spring for Apache Kafka versions 2.8.12 and earlier
**Description**
JsonKafkaHeaderMapper and DefaultKafkaHeaderMapper include java.net in their default trusted packages list. This configuration, which is the default for all @KafkaListener consumers, allows an external Kafka producer to inject a `java.net.InetAddress` type through the `spring json header types` message header, potentially leading to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via DNS resolution.
**Recommendations**
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.