{"id":"spring-security-37e55d192f20","seq":45137,"kind":"advisory","title":"cve-2026-59280 - MEDIUM - Spring Framework Path Traversal via Backslash in SpringTemplateLoader","url":"https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59280","permalink":"https://vulnpulse.app/items/spring-security-37e55d192f20","summary":"Applications using Spring Framework's FreeMarker integration may be vulnerable to a path traversal attack when a controller returns a view name derived from untrusted input and FreeMarker is configured to resolve templates through SpringTemplateLoader . Under these conditions, a view name containing backslash sequences can escape the configured template directory, potentially exposing files that should not be accessible. Returning a view name derived from untrusted input is an application-level anti-pattern that Spring documentation warns against; applications that do not do so are not affect…","severity":null,"techs":["spring","java"],"cves":["CVE-2026-59280"],"tags":["security"],"source":{"id":"spring-security","name":"Spring Security Advisories"},"published_at":"2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-21T19:38:50.995Z"}