Additional information exposure with Spring Data JPA example matcher

published 2019-06-03 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-xggx-fx6w-v7ch , EUVD-2019-0572

cvss: 3.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits: 0; none known

This affects Spring Data JPA in versions up to and including 2.1.6, 2.0.14 and 1.11.20. ExampleMatcher using ExampleMatcher.StringMatcher.STARTING, ExampleMatcher.StringMatcher.ENDING or ExampleMatcher.StringMatcher.CONTAINING could return more results than anticipated when a maliciously crafted example value is supplied.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa 1.11.22, 2.1.8
Spring Spring Data JPA 1.11.22.RELEASE, 2.1.8.RELEASE

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-3802 updated 2026-05-14 cvss 5.3

spring-data-api: potential information disclosure through maliciously crafted example value in ExampleMatcher

Red Hat Fuse 7.6.0
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0983

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	3.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa	>=2.1.0, <2.1.8 >=2.0.0, <2.1.8 <1.11.22	2.1.8 1.11.22

Affected products

Spring Spring Data JPA

Classification

Weakness

CWE-155 Improper Neutralization of Wildcards or Matching Symbols
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

pivotal.io /security/cve-2019-3802
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3802
advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-3802
GitHub Advisory GHSA-xggx-fx6w-v7ch
NVD CVE-2019-3802

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Summary