GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-whpp-xv3h-rwxf Spring Web Services: SSRF via unvalidated WS-Addressing reply destinations
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-40999
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-918
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-21
Affected packages
• Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core: >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.2 → fixed in 5.0.2
• Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core: >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.4 → fixed in 4.1.4
• Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core: >= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.18 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core: >= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.8 (no fix yet)
Description
When WS-Addressing is used with non-anonymous ReplyTo or FaultTo addresses, Spring WS may initiate outbound connections through configured WebServiceMessageSender instances to destinations taken directly from request headers without verifying that those destinations are safe to connect to.
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-2026-40999 When WS-Addressing is used with non-anonymous ReplyTo or FaultTo addresses, Spring WS may initiate outbound connections through configured… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery weakness