GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-5x25-c2rf-f2jx Spring Web Services: SOAP security faults leak Spring Security account state
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-40997
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-209
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-21
Affected packages
• Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security: >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.2 → fixed in 5.0.2
• Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security: >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.4 → fixed in 4.1.4
• Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security: >= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.18 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security: >= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.8 (no fix yet)
Description
Several Spring WS integration paths with Spring Security could surface detailed account state (for example locked or disabled user semantics) to remote SOAP clients through exception messages or callback outcomes, instead of failing with generic authentication errors. That behavior assists remote attackers in distinguishing valid accounts from invalid ones and inferring lifecycle state.
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-40997 Several Spring WS integration paths with Spring Security could surface detailed account state (for example locked or disabled user… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information weakness