Track operations during SpEL expression evaluation

This commit introduces support for tracking operations during SpEL
expression evaluation. If the maximum number of operations is exceeded,
a SpelEvaluationException is thrown.

The limit can be configured either on a per-use-case basis via
SpelParserConfiguration supplied to the SpelExpressionParser or
globally as a JVM system property or Spring property named
`spring.expression.maxOperations`.

Closes gh-36801
This commit is contained in:
Sam Brannen
2026-06-08 15:13:44 +02:00
committed by Brian Clozel
parent 83667f808c
commit 2c18c33ce0
42 changed files with 616 additions and 207 deletions
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ expressions used in XML bean definitions, `@Value`, etc.
| The mode to use when compiling expressions for the
xref:core/expressions/evaluation.adoc#expressions-compiler-configuration[Spring Expression Language].
| `spring.expression.maxOperations`
| The default maximum number of operations permitted during
xref:core/expressions/evaluation.adoc#expressions-parser-configuration[Spring Expression Language]
expression evaluation.
| `spring.getenv.ignore`
| Instructs Spring to ignore operating system environment variables if a Spring
`Environment` property -- for example, a placeholder in a configuration String -- isn't
@@ -395,6 +395,16 @@ set a JVM system property or Spring property named `spring.context.expression.ma
to the maximum expression length needed by your application (see
xref:appendix.adoc#appendix-spring-properties[Supported Spring Properties]).
Similarly, the number of operations performed during the evaluation of a SpEL expression
cannot exceed 10,000 by default; however, the `maxOperations` value is configurable. If
you create a `SpelExpressionParser` programmatically (the recommend approach), you can
specify a custom `maxOperations` value when creating the `SpelParserConfiguration` that
you provide to the `SpelExpressionParser`. If you are not able to configure an explicit
value for `maxOperations` via `SpelParserConfiguration`, you can set a JVM system
property or Spring property named `spring.expression.maxOperations` to the maximum number
of operations required by your application (see
xref:appendix.adoc#appendix-spring-properties[Supported Spring Properties]).
[[expressions-spel-compilation]]
== SpEL Compilation