CVE-2026-40980: Spring AI Vulnerable to OOM by attacker-controlled PDF

CVE-2026-40980 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.5 · Published 2026-04-28

In Spring AI, a malicious PDF file can be crafted that triggers the allocation of unreasonable amounts of memory when handled by `ForkPDFLayoutTextStripper`.

Affected versions: Spring AI: 1.0.0 - 1.0.5 (fixed in 1.0.6), 1.1.0 - 1.1.4 (fixed in 1.1.5)

Technologies: VMware Spring Ai. Vendors: Maven, VMware.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-40980 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-40980 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-40980?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 28 April 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-pdf-document-reader (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.0.0,fixed=1.0.6.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-40980?
Yes. org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-pdf-document-reader (Maven): upgrade to 1.0.6 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-40980?
Check whether you run org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-pdf-document-reader (Maven) or VMware Spring Ai at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-pdf-document-reader (Maven): upgrade to 1.0.6 or later
    # set org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-pdf-document-reader to 1.0.6 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-pdf-document-reader (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.0.0,fixed=1.0.6
  • VMware Spring Ai

Identifiers

  • CVE-2026-40980
  • GHSA-26gg-9gv2-v27j

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