GHSA-2mpf-m756-hxjm
Spring Web Services: Jaxp13 XPath XXE via StreamSource and SAXSource
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-40998
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Description
Jaxp13XPathTemplate evaluated XPath expressions for StreamSource and SAXSource inputs using a code path that parsed attacker-controlled XML with the JDK's default DocumentBuilderFactory behavior instead of Spring's hardened parser configuration. Applications that evaluate XPath against untrusted XML payloads could therefore be exposed to XML External Entity (XXE) style attacks. Affected versions: Spring Web Services 5.0.0 through 5.0.1; 4.1.0 through 4.1.3; 4.0.0 through 4.0.18; 3.1.0 through 3.1.8.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.springframework.ws:spring-xml | introduced 5.0.0, fixed 5.0.2 |
| Maven · org.springframework.ws:spring-xml | introduced 4.1.0, fixed 4.1.4 |
| Maven · org.springframework.ws:spring-xml | introduced 4.0.0, last affected 4.0.18 |
| Maven · org.springframework.ws:spring-xml | introduced 3.1.0, last affected 3.1.8 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40998 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ws/commit/eb8d66c0995d1e1dd5bfcfb657c8c9de21266d97 WEB
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ws PACKAGE
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40998 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |