CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-40998

8.2 HIGH Published 2026-06-11 Modified 2026-09-04 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-06-11
Last modified
2026-09-04
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-611

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 configurations

• broadcom spring web services (< 3.1.9) • broadcom spring web services (>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.19) • broadcom spring web services (>= 4.1.0 < 4.1.3.1) • broadcom spring web services (>= 5.0.0 < 5.0.1.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References