diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcher.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcher.java
index 9f7a70af3f0..70bdbe0a104 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcher.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcher.java
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ public class AntPathMatcher implements PathMatcher {
 				return this.caseSensitive ? this.rawPattern.equals(str) : this.rawPattern.equalsIgnoreCase(str);
 			}
 			else if (this.pattern != null) {
-				Matcher matcher = this.pattern.matcher(str);
+				Matcher matcher = this.pattern.matcher(new MaxAttemptsCharSequence(str));
 				if (matcher.matches()) {
 					if (uriTemplateVariables != null) {
 						if (this.variableNames.size() != matcher.groupCount()) {
@@ -750,6 +750,60 @@ public class AntPathMatcher implements PathMatcher {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+
+		private static class MaxAttemptsCharSequence implements CharSequence {
+
+			private static final int MAX_ATTEMPTS = 1_000_000;
+
+			private final String text;
+
+			private final Counter counter;
+
+
+			MaxAttemptsCharSequence(String text) {
+				this(text, new Counter());
+			}
+
+			private MaxAttemptsCharSequence(String text, Counter counter) {
+				this.text = text;
+				this.counter = counter;
+			}
+
+
+			@Override
+			public int length() {
+				return this.text.length();
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public char charAt(int index) {
+				if (this.counter.value++ >= MAX_ATTEMPTS) {
+					throw new IllegalStateException(
+							"Too many character access attempts encountered during pattern matching");
+				}
+				return this.text.charAt(index);
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public boolean isEmpty() {
+				return this.text.isEmpty();
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public CharSequence subSequence(int start, int end) {
+				return new MaxAttemptsCharSequence(this.text.substring(start, end), this.counter);
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public String toString() {
+				return this.text;
+			}
+
+
+			private static class Counter {
+				private int value;
+			}
+		}
 	}