CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-40991
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-06-10
- Last modified
- 2026-07-23
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
Description
When using spring-restdocs-webtestclient or spring-restdocs-restassured to document a remote API accessed over HTTP, an attacker who compromises the API or tricks the user into documenting a malicious API can perform an XXE injection attack when the documentation-generating tests are next executed.
Affected versions:
Spring REST Docs 4.0.0; 3.0.0 through 3.0.5; 2.0.0.RELEASE through 2.0.8.RELEASE.
Affected configurations
• broadcom spring rest docs (>= 2.0.0 < 2.0.9)
• broadcom spring rest docs (>= 3.0.0 < 3.0.5.1)
• broadcom spring rest docs 4.0.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40991 Vendor Advisory