GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-p7qj-2q5w-f9r7 Spring Web Services: Inbound WS-Security allows RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 key transport by default
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-40996
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-327
- 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
Wss4jSecurityInterceptor defaulted allowRSA15KeyTransportAlgorithm to true, overriding Apache WSS4J's safer default for validation RequestData. Inbound WS-Security decryption could therefore accept RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 (rsa-1_5) encrypted key material unless operators explicitly reconfigured the flag.
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-2026-40996 Wss4jSecurityInterceptor defaulted allowRSA15KeyTransportAlgorithm to true, overriding Apache WSS4J's safer default for validation… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm weakness