GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-6mfm-98wv-32wm Spring Web Services: X.509 authentication bypasses Spring Security account checks
MEDIUM
Official page ↗
- Aliases
- CVE-2026-40995
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
- 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
X509AuthenticationProvider could issue a fully authenticated X509AuthenticationToken when a presented certificate mapped to UserDetails, without applying Spring Security's standard account lifecycle checks (disabled, locked, expired, or credentials-expired accounts).
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-2026-40995 X509AuthenticationProvider could issue a fully authenticated X509AuthenticationToken when a presented certificate mapped to UserDetails,… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness