GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222 Spring REST Docs REST Assured & WebFlux are vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-40991
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-webtestclient, org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-restassured
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-12
Affected packages
• Maven org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-webtestclient: >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.1 → fixed in 4.0.1
• Maven org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-webtestclient: >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.6 → fixed in 3.0.6
• Maven org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-webtestclient: <= 2.0.8.RELEASE (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-restassured: >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.1 → fixed in 4.0.1
• Maven org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-restassured: >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.6 → fixed in 3.0.6
• Maven org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-restassured: <= 2.0.8.RELEASE (no fix yet)
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-40991 When using spring-restdocs-webtestclient or spring-restdocs-restassured to document a remote API accessed over HTTP, an attacker who… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40991 advisory
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-restdocs package
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-restdocs/releases/tag/v3.0.6 web
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-restdocs/releases/tag/v4.0.1 web
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40991 web